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A depressive man standing by a country pond in the pouring rain - not helping his state of mind. Wood engraving, 1869.

A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.

How to develop emotional health / Oliver James.

Addictions : your questions answered / Deirdre Boyd.

Mental health advice we wish someone had told us sooner / by Evie + Hattie.

Pep: poise -- efficiency -- peace : a book of hows not whys for physical and mental efficiency / by Col. WM. C. Hunter.

Flow : the classic work on how to achieve happiness / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

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How to develop emotional health / Oliver James.

Addictions : your questions answered / Deirdre Boyd.

Mental health advice we wish someone had told us sooner / by Evie + Hattie.

Pep: poise -- efficiency -- peace : a book of hows not whys for physical and mental efficiency / by Col. WM. C. Hunter.

Flow : the classic work on how to achieve happiness / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.