The Carers Network in conjunction with the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit now has help tips for families and carers available in seven languages. The aim of these 'help tips' is to provide useful information on the symptoms and impact of mental illness and to support the carer role.

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To access the 'help tips' listed below, click on the language you require:

Help tip 1: How to respond effectively to your relative with schizophrenia who may have challenging behaviour

Help tip 2: Positive and negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia

Help tip 3: Understanding feelings of guilt and mental illness

Help tip 4: Recognising the grief response and mental illness

Help tip 5: Developing helpful communication skills with the person who is unwell and agitated