Medicine for the Soul: Bibliotherapy

Abstract

Bibliotherapy is an umbrella term for related ideas for using books to help people with mental and physical health problems. The beginnings of bibliotherapeutic work are examined, and developments involving public libraries in the UK reviewed. It is concluded that the infrastructure of bibliotherapy schemes is already present in the day to day operation of a public library service, and that most depressed people may benefit from bibliotherapeutic interaction. This is the first of three articles which will be published in Aplis. It is published with the permission of the editor of the 'Public library journal' in which it first appeared.

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