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Fact sheets provide concise consumer or carer information, translated into various languages.   MMHA has produced a range of fact sheets and we also list fact sheets published by other organisations.


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Activities for people with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese
This help sheet provides information about planning and providing activities for people with dementia.
Are you feeling good today?
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese
Strategies for good mental health and wellbeing.
Carer Support Kit
Audio tape, Compact disc, Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese
A free Support Kit for carers - that is, people who provide support to someone with a disability, including a mental illness.
Caring for someone with dementia who lives alone
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese
This help sheet is written for carers of people with dementia who live alone.
Changed Behaviours: Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet looks at some of the most common behaviour changes that can occur when a person has dementia. It also discusses reasons for the changes and provides some general guidelines for coping with them.
Communicating with someone with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet explains some of the changes in communication that occur as a result of dementia and suggests ways carers can help.
Coping Personally after the tsunami
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Sinhalese, Somali, Tamil, Thai
These fact sheets are designed to help support those affected by the Boxing Day tsunami. NSW Chief Health Officer Alert on "Coping Personally after the Tsunami" Diversity Health Insitute and NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre have made the following translations of the NSW Chief Health Officer Alert on "Coping Personally after the Tsunami" available to MMHA for wide distribution. These factsheets have been translated into the languages of affected communities and are available as PDF documents.
Coping with mental illness in the family
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Information for families and carers
Depression is never really "black & white"
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Some facts about depression
Diagnosing Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet provides information about the early signs of dementia and how it is diagnosed.
Early Planning for someone with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet discusses the ways to plan ahead for the management of financial and legal affairs of someone with dementia, and lists people and organisations that can help.
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Fact Sheet: What is anxiety disorder?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: English, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Dari, Dinka, Krio, Amharic, Khmer, Farsi
Fact Sheet: What is anxiety disorder?
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Fact Sheet: What is personality disorder?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: English, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Greek, Italian, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Dinka, Amharic, Khmer, Farsi
Fact Sheet: What is personality disorder?
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Fact Sheets: Challenging Behaviours
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: Challenging Behaviours
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Fact Sheets: Depression Checklist
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Fact Sheets: Depression Checklist
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Fact Sheets: How can you help someone with depression?
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: How can you help someone with depression?
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Fact Sheets: Living and caring for a person with depression
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: Living and caring for a person with depression
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Fact Sheets: Supporting Parents and Families: The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese
Fact Sheets: Supporting Parents and Families: The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
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Fact Sheets: Understanding Depression
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: Understanding Depression
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Fact Sheets: Understanding Depression and Antidepressant Medication
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, English, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Fact Sheets: Understanding Depression and Antidepressant Medication
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Fact Sheets: What is a Depressive Disorder?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: What is a Depressive Disorder?
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Fact Sheets: What is a Mental Illness?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: English, Greek, Spanish, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Dinka, Dari, Khmer, Farsi
Fact Sheets: What is a Mental Illness?
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Fact Sheets: What is an eating disorder?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: English, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Dari, Krio, Amharic, Khmer, Farsi
Fact Sheets: What is an eating disorder?
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Fact Sheets: What is Bipolar Mood Disorder?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, English
Fact Sheets: What is Bipolar Mood Disorder?
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Fact Sheets: What is Schizophrenia?
Fact sheet, Online audio (mp3 etc) (available nationally)
Available in: English, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Dari, Dinka, Amharic, Khmer, Farsi
Fact Sheets: What is Schizophrenia?
Getting Help Information for People with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Vietnamese
This sheet describes the different services available for people with Alzheimers disease and other types of dementia, their families and carers. These include specialised dementia services, health and home support services.
Help for anxiety problems
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
A guide to anxiety disorders. Where to find help
Later stages of Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese
This help sheet describes the later stages of dementia.
Living with dramatic mood swings - Bipolar Disorder
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
The facts about bi-polar disorder (manic depression). Where to find treatment.
Making sense of Depression
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
How to recognise depression and where to go for help.
Making the Most of Respite Care
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese
This help sheet provides some practical suggestions for planning and using respite (relief or taking a break)care.
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Mental Health and Coronary Heart Disease
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Amharic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese
 
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Mental Health in a Changing World: The Impact of Culture and Diversity
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Assyrian, Khmer, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Amharic, Greek, Italian, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese
 
NSW Ambulance Service: Multilingual Fact Sheets
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese
The NSW Ambulance Service has translated it's fact sheets into five community languages; Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, Italian and Greek. The Fact Sheet topics are: Calling for an ambulance; When should I call for an ambulance; You and your ambulance; Patient and transport service.
Official Visitors
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
The role of Official Visitors.
Preventing Youth Suicide
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
The risk factors for youth suicide and what parents can do to help prevent it.
Ramadan Fact Sheet
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English
A fact sheet about the many facets of Ramadan and why this is an important spiritual time of year for the muslim population
Schizophrenia and young people
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Discusses causes and symptoms of schizophrenia and it's effects on young people.
Stress - It affects children too
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
How parents can help their children cope with stress.
Taking a Break: Carers of people with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet is primarily written for carers of people with dementia. It discusses the benefits of taking a break from caring, often called respite, how to organise it and who can help.
Teenage moods - what is common & what is not
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
How to recognise the difference between normal teenage behaviour and symptoms of mental illness or emotional problems.
The hidden scars of brain injury
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
How brain injuries affect people's health, lives and relationships. How to reduce the risk of brain injury.
Understanding and Managing Mental Illness - Fact Sheet
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Spanish, Vietnamese, Italian
The Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria have put together a fact sheet to help those better understand and manage mental illness.
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Understanding Depression and Antidepressant Medication-Information for health professionals with Afghani patients
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English
MMHA Mental Health Fact Sheet
Product of MMHA Produced by MMHA
Understanding Depression and Antidepressant Medication-Information for Consumers
Fact sheet, also available as MP3 download in Dari (available nationally)
Available in: English, Dari
MMHA Mental Health Fact Sheet
Product of MMHA Produced by MMHA
Understanding Mental Illness
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Krio, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese
 
Wandering: People with Dementia
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Chinese
This help sheet discusses the reasons why some people with dementia wander and offers some suggestions for ways to manage it.
What is Dementia?
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese
This help sheet describes the symptoms and condition of dementia, who is at risk of developing it and some of its common forms.
What is Mental Illness?
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
General information on mental illness
Why people with schizophrenia need your support
Fact sheet, Pamphlet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Explores many of the myths about schizophrenia and explains the importance of community acceptance to the wellbeing of people with the disorder.
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Consumer
Fact sheet (available nationally)
Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese
How to exercise your Rights and Responsibilities as a consumer who uses Mental Health Services. Available in several languages.
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National Mental Health Strategy
Multicultural Mental Health Australia is funded by the The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing through the National Mental Health Strategy.
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