The Multilingual Resources section has been created to provide multi-language information on mental health and addiction to people for whom English is not a first language and professionals who work with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse background.

Click on the language you need to download the PDF file. Read more about PDFs.

A listing of resources by language will be available shortly.

Index by document 

• About mental health  (factsheet): What is mental health; What contributes to mental health problems; Types of mental health problems; Where to get help.
  Available as web page: English, French (coming soon)
  Available as PDFs:

English	French	Amharic	Chinese
Farsi	Greek	Hindi	Italian
Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Serbian
Somali	Spanish	Tagalog	Tamil
Urdu

• Asking for help when things are not right (factsheet): What is part of the normal reaction to living in a new country; When it is a good idea to ask for help and where.
  Available as web page: English, French (coming soon)
  Available as PDFs:

English	French	Amharic	Chinese
Farsi	Greek	Hindi	Italian
Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Serbian
Somali	Spanish	Tagalog	Tamil
Urdu

• Understanding Addiction  (factsheet): What is addiction; What are the signs and symptoms of an addiction; How are family members affected; Will treatment help; When is it necessary to get help; Where to get help. Available as web page: English, French (coming soon)
  Available as PDFs:

English	French	Amharic	Chinese
Farsi	Greek	Hindi	Italian
Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Serbian
Somali	Spanish	Tagalog	Tamil
Urdu

• Alcohol: The Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines (LRDG) were culturally adapted and translated, with recommendations from the communities to guide the design and messages. The resulting community education materials are available in a downloadable PDF format:
  

  Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Russian
  Tamil	Serbian poster	English poster

   

• Problem Gambling: A network of trained professionals is available to provide culturally competent problem gambling support and treatment services in many languages to individuals and family members.

English	French	Arabic	Chinese
Farsi	Italian	Korean	Pashto
Portuguese	Punjabi	Russian	Spanish
Somali	Tagalog	Tamil	Vietnamese

 

• Coping with Stress (factsheet): Tips on dealing with stress; Where to get help
  Available as web page: English, French (coming soon)
  Available as PDFs:

English	French	Amharic	Chinese
Farsi	Greek	Hindi	Italian
Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Serbian
Somali	Spanish	Tagalog	Tamil
Urdu

• Alone in Canada  (booklet)
  Alone in Canada: 21 Ways to Make it Better is a self-help guide for single newcomers developed by a team at CAMH. The guide is designed to help single new immigrants and refugees adjust to living in a new society as quickly and easily as possible.

Amharic	Arabic	Bengali	Chinese
Dari	English	Farsi	French
Hindi	Korean	Portuguese (Brazilian)	Punjabi
Russian	Serbian	Somali	Spanish
Tagalog	Tamil	Twi	Urdu
Vietnamese

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Content updated: October 27, 2011 9:30 AM

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