Self-help guides
Search for self-help guides by name and check your symptoms
Self-help guide: Abdominal pain
Advice for adults with abdominal pain
Self-help guide: Accessing medicines
Advice if you have difficulty getting the medicine or medication you need
Self-help guide: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Advice for people who may have coronavirus symptoms
Self-help guide: Cough
Advice for people over the age of 5 with a cough
Self-help guide: Diarrhoea
Advice for people aged 5 years or more with diarrhoea or loose stools
Self-help guide: Earache
Advice for people of all ages with the symptoms of earache or pain in the ear
Self-help guide: Emergency contraception
Advice if you need emergency contraception
Self-help guide: Eye problems
Advice for people with eye problems
Self-help guide: Fever in adults
Advice on managing the symptoms of fever in adults
Self-help guide: Fever in babies
Advice on managing the symptoms of fever in babies and children under 2 years of age
Self-help guide: Flu-like illness
Advice for people of all ages with the symptoms of cold or flu
Self-help guide: Hay fever
Advice for people aged 5 years or more with the symptoms of hay fever
Self-help guide: Headache
Advice for adults with headaches
Self-help guide: Lower back pain
Advice for people aged 16 years or more with pain in their lower back
Self-help guide: Rash
Advice for people experiencing rashes
Self-help guide: Sore throat
Advice for people aged 3 years or more with the symptoms of a sore throat
Self-help guide: Shoulder pain
Advice for people of all ages with the symptoms of shoulder pain
Self-help guide: Tick bites
Advice for people of all ages with insect or tick bites.
Self-help guide: Urinary infection
Advice for people aged 12 years or more with the symptoms of a urine infection
Self-help guide: Vomiting
Advice for people aged 5 years or more experiencing vomiting
Mental health self-help guides
Anxiety self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for anxiety that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Bereavement and grief self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for coping with bereavement and grief that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Chronic pain self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help you live with chronic pain.
Depression self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for depression that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for mild-to-moderate obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Panic self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for panic that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Phobias self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for phobias that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Problem solving self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for problem solving based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Problems with anger self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for managing problems with anger based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
PTSD and CPTSD self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for PTSD and CPTSD based on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Therapy (TF-CT).
Self-esteem self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to improve self-esteem.
Sleep problems and insomnia self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and expert advice to manage sleep problems.
Social anxiety self-help guide
Work through a self-help guide for social anxiety that uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Mental wellbeing
Self-help tool: Get help with your mental health
Use this tool to find the right help for your mental health and wellbeing.
Self-help tool: Menopause and mental wellbeing
Help with anxiety, stress, depression, anger, self-esteem and sleep.
Self-help tool: Periods and mental wellbeing
Help with anxiety, low mood, anger, self-esteem, sleep problems and social anxiety