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"A Practical Guide" Series Booklets and CD's

The Transcultural Mental Health Centre has developed booklets and CDs on wellbeing issues in a number of community languages. The booklets and CDs focus on the importance of obtaining and maintaining mental health and wellbeing, and encourage communities and individuals to reflect on these matters.

The material presented aims to increase awareness of the contributing factors and issues that affect mental health, quality of life and wellbeing. It aims to help consumers identify issues of concern and facilitate efforts to bring about change. The material also aims to assist individuals empower themselves by developing the skills needed to maintain or improve their mental health and wellbeing.

CDs are available for $4.40 each. Booklets are free plus postage and handling.

Download PDF versions of the booklets:

Promoting Wellbeing

Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese

Stress and Stress Management

Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese

Problem Solving & Setting Goals

Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese

A Good Night's Sleep and the Elderly

 Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Croatian, Indonesian (Bahasa), Spanish, Polish, Tagalog, Vietnamese 

Coping Personally with War Fact Sheet

Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, Bosnian, Croatian, Dari, English, Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Kurmanji, Lao, Punjabi, Serbian, Sorani, Tamil, Tetum, Turkish

Family Help Kit

please see Archived Resources

Health & Wellbeing of Older People

Health and Wellbeing of Older People in our community includes booklets in various community languages. The booklets area based on issues identified by focus groups of older people from the communities and look at the emotional and mental health needs of older people from NESB. They also provide information on health and community-based support services and programs.

Download Pdf versions of the booklets

Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

Download resource/catalogue order form to order hard copies of the fact sheets

Note: Postage and handling will be charged for large orders

Healthy Kids

This multilingual, multimedia information package includes fact sheets and CDs that cover four mental health issues. It has been developed for parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, to promote their understanding and recognition of mental health issues in children. The package also aims to increase appropriate help-seeking behaviour. These resources were developed by Transcultural Mental Health Centre in collaboration with the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Download Pdf versions of the translated fact sheets:

Anxiety in Children

Arabic, Chinese, Dinka, English, Farsi, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese,

Depression in Children

Arabic, Chinese, Dinka, English, Farsi, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Samoan,  Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Disruptive Disorders in Children

Arabic, Chinese, Dinka, English, Farsi, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Anorexia Nervosa in Children

Arabic, Chinese, Dinka, English, Farsi, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Download resource/catalogue order form to order cds or hard copies of the fact sheets

Note: Postage and handling will be charged for large orders

Kessler-10 (K10)

Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese

Kessler-10 (K10) Information Brochure

Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese

Lets Talk Mental Health

please see Archived Resources

Mental Health Week 2009 - Sign up, link in, get involved

Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese

Building Resilience Fact Sheet

Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese  

Physical health care: What to expect from your mental health care service

Arabic, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Linking physical and mental health care...it makes sense for families, carers and friends

Arabic, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese

Linking physical and mental health care...it makes sense for people who use mental health services

Arabic, Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese 

Tsunami Disaster Fact Sheet

Chinese, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Sinhalese, Somali, Tamil, Thai