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Introduction

Mental health resources by language:

Afghan
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
Croatian
Farsi
Filipino (Tagalog)
French
Greek
Gujarati
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Krio
Kurdish
Macedonian
Maltese
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Serbian
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tongan
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh

Organisations

Introduction

The following resource list provides some useful contacts (including Mind) for people who want to obtain information about mental health in languages other than English. It is in no way exhaustive, nor does it make any recommendations concerning the quality of the translations or written material produced by other organisations.

If you are aware of any literature that has been omitted, please write to the Information Unit at Mind via the address in the ‘Organisations’ section, or email info@mind.org.uk

How to use this factsheet

  • Languages are listed in alphabetical order.
  • Under each language is a list of mental health topics.
  • Under each of these, is the name of which organisation/s provide information in that language and topic.
  • Contact details for all of the organisations listed are provided at the end of the factsheet.

Mental health resources by language

Afghan (Dari)

Albanian

Amharic

The website of the Ethiopian Health Support Association (www.ethsa.co.uk) has a page on mental health which includes a short paragraph on each of the main topics.

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Arabic

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Bengali

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Chinese

The Chinese Mental Health Association (www.cmha.org.uk) also sells translated versions of Mind information booklets on a variety of topics.

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Croatian

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Farsi

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Filipino (Tagalog)

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French

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Greek

Gujarati

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Hindi

Italian

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Japanese

Khmer

Korean

Krio

  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • What is mental health/illness?

All available from Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA).

Kurdish

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Dementia
  • Schizophrenia

All available in audio format from Mind.

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Macedonian

Maltese

  • Depression
  • Schizophrenia
  • What is mental health/illness?

Available from the Transcultural Mental Health Centre.

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Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

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Russian

Serbian

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Somali

Spanish

Swahili

  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • What is mental health/illness?

All available from Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA).

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Tongan

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Psychosis

All available from Transcultural Mental Health Centre.

Turkish

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Urdu

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Vietnamese

Welsh

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Organisations

Alzheimer’s Disease International
64 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0BL
tel: 020 7981 0880
email: info@alz.co.uk 
web: www.alz.co.uk/alzheimers/languages.html 

Beyondblue
www.beyondblue.org.au 
www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=102 

Carers Network Inc.
www.carersnetwork.org

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)www.camh.net 
www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Multilingual_Resources/index.html

Chinese Mental Health Association
2nd Floor, Zenith House, 155 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3QY
tel: 020 7613 1008
email: info@cmha.org.uk 
web: www.cmha.org.uk

Ethiopian Health Support Association
Priory House, Kingsgate Place, London NW6 4TA
tel:020 741 9197
email: admin@ethsa.co.uk
web: www.ethsa.co.uk 

Mind
15–19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
tel: 020 8519 2122
www.mind.org.uk/Information/audio/ 
www.mind.org.uk/Information/BT.htm

Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA)
www.Multicultural Mental Health Australia .org.au/Multicultural Mental Health Australia -products/fact-sheets 

Multikulti
www.multikulti.org.uk 

NHS Sussex Partnership
Swandean, Arundel Road, Worthing BN13 3EP
Tel: 01903 843 000
email: info@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk 
web: www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/services-and-information/information/ 

RoyalCollegeof Psychiatrists
17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG
tel: 020 7235 2351
email: rcpsych@rcpsych.ac.uk
web: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/translations.aspx

SANE Australia
www.sane.org/information/information/factsheets 

StanfordUniversityLibrary
http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/resources/foreign

Transcultural Mental Health Centre
www.dhi.gov.au/tmhc/resources/translations.htm

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This factsheet was written by Christine Prout, Mind Volunteer Researcher, March 2009.


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