Welcome to Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Service
This website provides information about medications used in mental health conditions. It is updated and maintained by health care professionals, and receives no funding from drug companies. It is for patients, consumers, carers and health professionals in the Mental Health Service, Sydney Local Health District.
This initiative is supported by funding from Mental Health Service, Sydney Local Health District is committed to Closing the Gap.
The website has information leaflets, handy charts, guides and fact sheets. There is information on drugs in pregnancy as well as translated information.

Emergency
Contacts |
If in a life-threatening situation please call 000 to receive
immediate help Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 - 24-hour mental health telephone access service 13 11 14 - 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention service |
NSW
Health |
Mental Health Services,
Sydney Local Health District |
Aboriginal
Health |
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet NSW Aboriginal QuitLine - 13 78 48 |
Other
Medication Information Resources |
1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424) Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm (AEST) Clozapine Video Blog: In Our Words Medication and Mental Illness: Advice for Consumers & Clinicians (NSW Mental Health Commission) Consumer Medicines Information Leaflets: via the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration – the group that register medicines for use in Australia) |
Mental
Health Medications in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding |
1800 647 848 Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm (AEST) |
Support
organisations with information about mental illness |
|
General
Health |
1800 022 222 - 24-hour health advice Eat For Health Australian Dietary Guidelines
and healthy eating resource Collaborative
Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHiP) |
Other
languages |
Transcultural Mental Health Centre See also individual leaflets within this website for a range of
leaflets in other languages |
Learning
Disabilities |
Birmingham University easy read medicines information leaflets and audio recordings (note this is a United Kingdom based site) |
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, the information provided by these websites is developed external to the Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Service