Other Languages
In this section you will find mental health information in other languages.
Mental health self help guides.
These self help guides for stress and anxiety and depression and low mood have been translated into some community languages.
Depression and Low Mood in:
Stress and Anxiety in:
Your Mental Wellbeing in Pregnancy in:
Translated information available on other websites
Good information about mental health problems, translated into a range of community languages can be downloaded from these websites
The Royal College of Psychiatry
Good quality information about mental health problems for adults, children and young people. Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Hindi, Greek, Gujarati, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Welsh and British Sign Language.
MIND - Factsheets about mental health translated into a range of languages including, Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Polish, Punjabi, Somali and others.
Using Mental Health Services
How we understand our mental health and our responses to treating mental health problems vary greatly across different cultures. These cultural understandings often differ from the ‘medical’ view of mental health generally held in Western society. There are organisations that offer culturally sensitive services, catering specifically for the mental health needs of our cultures and communities. Some of these are included below.
What do NHS services provide to support Black and minority ethnic communities to access services?
- Language line (provides interpretation over the telephone)
- Interpreters (will provide face to face interpretation)
- Linkworkers
Let the surgery know in advance if you need an interpreter to attend your appointment with you.
NHS services will provide interpreters to help support you to work with their services, however if you prefer to speak to a specialist organisation, these services are available in Manchester. Often these organisations provide a range of services, accessible in many community languages. You can find out about these services by linking to the Getting Help section of the website.