Health and wellbeing

Accessing healthcare

This video explains how to register with a GP (family doctor):

Medical information

MedlinePlus (United States National Institutes of Health) has information in Farsi on wide range of conditions and treatments.

Mental health

Depression is widespread among asylum seekers and refugees. The Christian book Insight into Depression is generally good, and is available in Farsi and English.

The following NHS self-help guides are available in English and Farsi:
Depression and Low Mood: Your self-help guide (English, Farsi)
Panic and Phobias: Your self-help guide (English, Farsi)
Stress and worry: Your self-help guide (English, Farsi)

Mental health information in Farsi from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). There are online versions of leaflets covering many mental health topics. You can find the original English versions by typing one of the words in the title in the search box here. Topics include:

اضطراب ,پنیک وفوبیا Anxiety, panic & phobias
سوگواری Bereavement
رفتار درمانی شناختی Cognitive behavioural therapy
افسردگی در مردان Men & depression
اختلالات دو قطبی(افسردگی شیدایی) Bipolar Disorder
اختلال استرسي پس از حادثه Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
افسردگی Depression
مشكل خواب Sleep Problems
بيماري وسواسي جبري Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – OCD
بیماری جسمی و بهداشت روان Physical Illness and Mental Health
اختلالات شخصیتی Personality Disorder
جنون جوانی Schizophrenia
سیگارکشیدن من ؛ سلامت روان من ؛ بدن من Smoking & mental health
حشیش و سلامت روان Cannabis and mental health: key facts
افسردگی پس از زایما Postnatal Depression

From the Australian Government Department of Health / Mental Health in Multicultural Australia

What is an anxiety disorder? (Farsi)
What is bipolar mood disorder? (Farsi)
What is a depressive disorder? (Farsi)
What is an eating disorder? (Farsi)
What is mental illness? (Farsi)
What is a personality disorder? (Farsi)
What is schizophrenia? (Farsi)
Supporting parents and families: the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (Farsi)

Farsophone provided counselling and psychotherapy in Farsi.

The Christadelphian Support Network may be able to help in some situations.

Substance abuse

Alcoholics Anonymous Iran contains information in Farsi. There are some Farsi-language AA meetings in the UK – search on the Alcoholics Anonymous UK website for details. Pandemic restrictions means that the meetings may be online.

Narcotics Anonymous also has Farsi-language meetings in Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, London, Manchester and Sheffield.