beyondblue has a downloadable and printable information. Select a topic from the below list or browse:

• General Information
• Treatment
• Recovery
• Family and friends
• Related disorders
• Postnatal depression
• Depression and chronic physical illness
• Depression in different life stages
• Depression in different population groups 
• Indigenous mental health guidelines
• Youthbeyondblue fact sheets - information for young people
• Information from other organisations
  

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•  - Adobe PDF document (click icon to download) 
• - Audio factsheet  (click icon to play)
•   - Multilingual website - languages other than English (click icon to view)
•  - Homepage (click icon to download)

General information 

• List of beyondblue information materials currently available
• Understanding depression - information for adults (fact sheet)             
• Depression symptom checklist             
• What causes depression? (fact sheet 3)  
• Practical ways to help someone with depression (information card)    
  
  
• beyondblue's Official Screensaver  
• A guide to the beyondblue website  
• beyondblue's Programs and Strategies - summary document   
• beyondblue manual: How to organise a public forum on depression in your community  
• Flyer - beyondblue depression and anxiety information available for Local Councils 

Treatment  

• A Guide to What Works for Depression (booklet) - a comprehensive review of all known treatments for depression, including medical, psychological, complementary and lifestyle interventions 
• Types of help available (fact sheet 4)     
• Changing your thinking - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (fact sheet 10)    
• Antidepressant medication - Advice for adults (fact sheet 11)      
• Help for depression under Medicare (fact sheet 24)  

Recovery  

• Reducing stress (fact sheet 6)   
• Sleeping well (fact sheet 7)   
• Keeping active (fact sheet 8)   
• Changing your thinking - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (fact sheet 10)   
• Reducing alcohol and other drugs (including smoking) (fact sheet 9)   
• Other treatments for depression and anxiety (fact sheet 14)    
• Recovery (fact sheet 15)   
• Healthy eating for people with depression, anxiety and related disorders (fact sheet 30)  
  

Family and friends 

• beyondblue Guide for Carers - Supporting and caring for a person with depression, anxiety and/or a related disorder: Caring for others, caring for yourself  
• Taking Care of Yourself - and Your Family - after Retrenchment or Financial Loss (booklet) 
• How can you help someone with depression/anxiety? (fact sheet 1)            
• Living with and caring for a person with depression/anxiety (fact sheet 2)         
• Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family by John Ashfield  (reproduced with support from beyondblue) (Book)  
• Practical ways to help someone with depression (information card card)    
• Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and young people (fact sheet for parents and carers) 

Related disorders 

• Anxiety disorders (information card)      
• Anxiety disorders (fact sheet 21)    
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (fact sheet 31) 
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (fact sheet 35)
• Panic Disorder (fact sheet 36)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (fact sheet 37) 
• Specific Phobias (fact sheet 38)
• Social Phobia (fact sheet 39)
• Bipolar disorder (fact sheet 16)    
• Postnatal depression (fact sheet 22)    
• Reducing alcohol and other drugs (including smoking) (fact sheet 9)    
• Eating disorders and depression (summary information card)
• Eating disorders and depression (fact sheet 42)
  

Postnatal depression 

• Perinatal mental health information materials available from beyondblue (flyer)
• Postnatal depression (fact sheet 22)     
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (standard booklet)   
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (booklet for parents of multiple birth children)   
• ACT information and helpline numbers (information card)    
• NSW information and helpline numbers (information card)  
• NT information and helpline numbers (information card)      
• SA information and helpline numbers (information card)      
• WA information and helpline numbers (information card)     
• QLD information and helpline numbers (information card)  
• TAS information and helpline numbers (information card)   
• VIC information and helpline numbers (information card)  
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Arabic Booklet)       
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Bosnian Booklet)     
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Chinese Booklet)   
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Mandarin Booklet)  
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Croatian Booklet)   
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Farsi/Persian Booklet)  
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Indonesian Booklet)      
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Italian Booklet)               
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Japanese Booklet)       
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Khmer Booklet)            
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Korean Booklet)           
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Lao Booklet)    
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Macedonian Booklet)   
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Punjabi Booklet)    
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Serbian Booklet)    
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Spanish Booklet)   
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Tamil Booklet)       
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Thai Booklet)         
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Turkish Booklet)    
• Emotional Health during Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (Vietnamese Booklet)  
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale - Checklist for pregnant women and new mothers
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale - A guide for health professionals 
• Progress on the implementation of the National Perinatal Depression Initiative 2008-2013 (October 2009) (summary briefing document)

Depression and chronic physical Illness 

• Chronic physical illness and depression (fact sheet 23)      
• Depression and coronary heart disease (fact sheet 18)   
• Depression and diabetes (fact sheet 19)   
• Depression after stroke (fact sheet 20)   
• Depression and dementia (fact sheet 25)   
• Depression and asthma (fact sheet 26)   
• Depression and arthritis (fact sheet 27)   
• Depression and parkinson's disease (fact sheet 32)   
• Depression and breast cancer fact sheet 
• Prostate cancer the risk of depression/anxiety (fact sheet 34)  
• Maintaining your well-being: Information on depression and anxiety for men with prostate cancer and their partners (booklet)
• Depression and incontinence (fact sheet 41) 
• Anxiety disorders and depression in men with testicular cancer (fact sheet 43)

Depression and life stages or events 

• Postnatal depression (fact sheet 22)   
• Grief, loss and depression (fact sheet 28)   
• Separated parents and tough times (fact sheet 29)   
• Men and Separation booklet
• Depression in older people (fact sheet 17)      
• Older people and depression (booklet)
• Emotional responses after a natural disaster (information card) 
• Looking after yourself after a disaster (booklet)
• Depression and Young people: There's also a wide range of depression-related fact sheets for young people on beyondblue's youth website  

Depression and different population groups  

• Depression and anxiety in people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex (GLBTI)
  - fact sheet for adults (fact sheet 40)
  - fact sheet for young people (Youthbeyondblue fact sheet 22) 
• Depression in older people (fact sheet 17)   
• Depression in men (fact sheet 12)   
• Depression in men (information card) - includes tips on dealing with stress
• Depression in men (wallet-size information card)   
• Depression and anxiety disorders in women (fact sheet 13)
• Depression in people who are deaf or hard of hearing 
• Tackling depression in tough times (information card for people in rural areas)   
  
• Young people: For a wide range of depression-related fact sheets for young people see beyondblue's youth website    
• Do you have to tell your employer you have depression? (information sheet)   
• Supporting the return to work of employees with depression (information sheet) 
  
• When the Cowpat hits the Windmill: a guide for staying mentally fit written by students for health students 
• Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and young people (fact sheet for young people)  
  
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse: click the icon to read beyondblue's depression and anxiety information resources in languages other than English 

Indigenous mental health guidelines

The Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Indigenous people have been developed by the Orygen Youth Health Research Centre with funding from beyondblue. They have been developed using the Delphi method, which is a systematic way of assessing the consensus of a panel of experts. The guidelines consist of first aid actions that have been rated as important or essential by an expert panels of professionals, consumers and carers.

• ORDER FORM - Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
• Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
• Cultural Considerations and Communication Techniques
• Depression Guidelines
• Psychosis Guidelines
• Trauma Guidelines
• Problem Drinking Guidelines

Youthbeyondblue fact sheets - information for young people

For a list of fact sheets and information for young people, visit our Youthbeyondblue website.

Please note that if you are unable to access any of the downloadable PDF or audio files, you can contact us and we will supply you with printed versions of the fact sheets via postal mail.

Other beyondblue information materials can be ordered online through the Resources section of this website.  

Information from other organisations

The following resources are provided by other organisations.

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has developed six booklets to provide people experiencing a mental health problem, their carers and health practitioners with evidence-based information about particular mental illnesses and appropriate treatment options.

These include:

• anorexia nervosa
• bipolar disorder
• deliberate self harm (youth and adult)
• depression
• panic disorder and agoraphobia
• schizophrenia.

The booklets are available to download or order.

Foundation 49 men's health fact sheets (also available in other languages)

• Health in your 20's
• Health in your 30's
• Health in your 40's
• Health in your 50's
• Health in your 60's
• Health in your 70's