3. Stress reliefTaking your mind off your own problems, even for a fewminutes, can have a therapeutic effect and be a timelycircuit breaker. This is so effective that the NationalHealth System in the United Kingdom has introduced a‘Reading and You Scheme’. The scheme encourages mentalhealth patients to read more as part of their therapy forreducing stress and overcominganxiety , depression andsocial isolation.