Resources - Getting support
Getting mental health support
healthdirect – Mental Health Treatment Plan
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-treatment-plan
Description: Information about Mental Health Treatment Plans, including who can get one and how to get one.
Type: Website
healthdirect – Talking to Your Doctor (GP) About Mental Health
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/talking-to-your-doctor-gp-about-mental-health
Description: Information about communicating with your doctor about mental health such as what questions to ask.
Type: Website
Questions You Can Ask When You Want to Find a Mental Health Service in the Community
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_Questions_Community_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about questions you can ask when you want to find a mental health service.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
https://www.ndis.gov.au/understanding/how-ndis-works/mental-health-and-ndis#what-is-recovery
Description: Information about mental health, recovery and using the NDIS for mental health support.
Type: Website
Treatments
healthdirect – Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/cognitive-behaviour-therapy-cbt
Description: Information about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, including how it works, who can provide it, and what to expect.
Type: Website
healthdirect – Benefits of Mindfulness
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/benefits-of-mindfulness
Description: Information about what mindfulness is and how you can be mindful.
Type: Website
https://cid.org.au/resource/me-and-my-medication-guide/
Description: Easy Read factsheet from the Council for Intellectual Disability about what you should know about your medication, taking medications safely and what to do if there is a problem.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
https://www.countrysaphn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Medicines-Review_Easy-Read_FINAL.pdf
Description: An Easy read factsheet on how people with intellectual disability can arrange for a Home Medicines Review.
Type: Easy Read factsheet
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_MHA_CTO_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about Community Treatment Orders, or CTOs.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
Rules about Community Treatment Orders
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_Rights_CTO_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet on rules about Community Treatment Orders, or CTOs.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
Going to hospital for mental health
Being a Voluntary Patient in a Mental Health Hospital
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_MHA_Voluntary_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about staying in hospital for mental health treatment as a voluntary patient.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_Rights_Voluntary_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about your rights as a voluntary patient in hospital.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
Being an Involuntary Patient in a Mental Health Hospital
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_MHA_Involuntary_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about staying in hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
Rights for Involuntary Patients
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_Rights_Involuntary_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about your rights as an involuntary patient in hospital.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/3DN_MHA_MHRT_ERv1.pdf
Description: Easy Read factsheet about the Mental Health Review Tribunal and what it does.
Type: Easy Read Factsheet
