Mental Health Factsheets & Guidelines

Mental health and AOD families and friends are often faced with a steep learning curve. Sometimes it can feel that there’s too much new information to learn, other times you may feel there’s not enough.
Below we’ve provided some Mental Health First Aid factsheets and guidelines that could help.
- Alcohol use
- Alternatives to Self Injury
- Considerations providing Mental Health First Aid to an LGBTIQA+ person
- Depression guidelines
- Digital portal – Head to Health
- Drug use guidelines
- Eating disorder guidelines
- Guidelines for assisting adults
- Helping the confused older person
- Panic attack guidelines
- Psychosis guidelines
- Self-injury guidelines
- Suicide thoughts and behaviours
LINKS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES
- Australian Borderline Personality Disorder Foundation Limited
- Bipolar
- Carer & Family Information Booklet
- Depression
- Digital portal – Head to Health
- Drug Use
- Find Help Tas
- Head to Health
- healthdirect
- International Initiative For Mental Health Leadership
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Please let us know if there’s information you think is important for us to add here. We welcome your input.
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