25/03/2020
During these uncertain times, it is easy to get caught up in the negativity. A change of perspective can help. Always remember, this too shall pass.
If you, or someone you care about, are in crisis and you think immediate action is needed, call emergency services on 000 (triple zero).
Here are a few contacts for support. Please feel free to share. 🖤
Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
Email or chat to us online at www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport
Learn more about anxiety, depression and su***de prevention, or talk through your concerns with our Support Service. Our trained mental health professionals will listen, provide information and advice, and point you in the right direction so you can seek further support.
Lifeline
13 11 14
A free online, phone and face-to-face crisis support and su***de prevention service, providing counselling, information and referral. 13 11 14 is a confidential telephone crisis support service available 24/7 from a landline, payphone or mobile.
Su***de Call Back Service
1300 659 467
A free nationwide professional telephone and online counselling service for anyone affected by su***de.
QLife
1800 184 527
A phone and webchat service managed by and for le***an, gay, bi, trans and intersex communities. This service provides a place to talk about mental health, negotiating the medical system, relationships, isolation, coming out, people making assumptions about a persons’ gender and a whole host of other concerns.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can also contact their local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or Aboriginal Health Worker at their local health service. Find more information at www.naccho.org.au/about-us/affiliates.
For parents and young people:
ReachOut Parents
An online service to help parents help their teenagers. As well as fact sheets, practical tips and stories, ReachOut Parents has an online community forum where parents can talk to other parents about experiences and work through concerns.
Raising Children Network
An online resource for Australian parents, taking you from pregnancy to newborns to teenagers. Raising Children Network offers evidence-based content on hundreds of topics about raising children and looking after yourself as a parent.
Relationships Australia
Provides relationship support services for individuals, families and communities.
Be You
Be You aims to transform Australia’s approach to supporting children’s and young people’s mental health in early learning services and schools, from early years to 18.
Parentline
A confidential telephone counselling service providing professional counselling and support for parents and those who care for children. Parentline aims to nurture and support positive, caring relationships between parents, children, teenagers and significant other people who are important to the wellbeing of families.
Parentline ACT
(02) 6287 3833 (cost of a local call)
9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Parent Line NSW
1300 1300 52 (cost of a local call)
24 hours a day, seven days a week
Parentline QLD & NT
1300 30 1300 (cost of a local call)
8am to 10pm, seven days a week
Parent Helpline SA
1300 364 100 (cost of a local call)
24 hours a day, seven days a week
Parentline VIC
13 22 89 (cost of a local call)
8am to midnight, seven days a week
For young people:
National youth mental health service
headspace
Information and advice for young people, their parents and carers, and professionals working with young people.
headspace centres
With 40 centres across the country, any young person who needs support, advice or just someone to talk to about a life problem, can walk in and be treated with respect and compassion, within a confidential and safe environment.
eheadspace
1800 650 890
Online and telephone support service that helps young people who don’t feel ready to attend a centre or who prefer to talk about their problems via online chat, email or on the phone.
Online and phone support
Youth Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue's website for young people aged 12 to 25.
1300 22 4636
Email or chat to us online at www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport
Learn more about anxiety, depression and su***de prevention, or talk through your concerns with our Support Service. Our trained mental health professionals will listen, provide information and advice, and point you in the right direction so you can seek further support.
Kids Helpline
1800 55 1800
A free, private and confidential telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between five and 25.
Bite Back
An ever-changing space where young people can discover ways to amplify the good stuff in life, share real and personal stories with others, check out videos, blogs and interviews of interesting people, check and track their mental fitness, and get their teeth stuck in to a bunch of activities. Bite Back is an initiative of Black Dog Institute.
itsallright
1800 18 7263
Dealing with a mental health condition in a family can be hard. Read or listen to fact sheets, podcasts and the diaries of four teenagers, based on real stories, for clear facts and information. itsallright is an initiative of SANE Australia.
MoodGYM
This free, fun, interactive program helps young people identify and overcome problem emotions and show how to develop good coping skills for the future.
ReachOut.com
Take control of whatever you’re going through. Use ReachOut.com to figure things out and make life better. The website offers fact sheets, forums and other resources designed specifically for young people. ReachOut.com is an initiative of the Inspire Foundation.
WhatWorks4u
Helps young people share what treatments have worked for their mental health issues and find out what others have found helpful. WhatWorks4u is an initiative of Orygen Youth Health Research Centre.
Services for young carers
Do you help care for someone who has an illness, disability, a mental health condition or alcohol and drug problems? Are you in need of support? Check out these sites for information and support.
Young Carers
1800 242 636
Information for young people on how to look after yourself and the person you are caring for. Young Carers is an initiative of Carers Australia.
Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Information for kids, teens and adults who have a parent with a mental health condition.
Multicultural Youth Centres
There are a number of multicultural youth centres and services across Australia. They may operate as a Multicultural Youth Service as in the ACT or as a state-wide organisation such as Centre for Multicultural Youth in Victoria and Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) in Sydney. Local services and centres can also operate through local councils, non-government organisations and health services.
For new/expectant parents:
If you, or someone you care about, are in crisis and you think immediate action is needed, call emergency services on 000 (triple zero).
For other assistance, please contact your local doctor/GP or Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurse/Parenting Service.
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, please contact your local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or Aboriginal Health Worker at your local health service.
You can also contact your local council or Community Health Centre for more information about support groups running in your local area.
Support during pregnancy and early parenthood
Post and Antenatal Depression Association Inc (PANDA)
1300 726 306
Pregnancy, birth & baby helpline
1800 882 436
Australian Multiple Birth Association
1300 886 499
Miracle Babies Foundation
1300 622 243
SANDS Australia Helpline
1300 072 637
SIDS and Kids
(03) 9819 4595
Australian Breastfeeding Association
1800 686 2 686
State/territory based information and help lines
Please see the contact numbers listed in these resources:
The Beyond Blue guide to emotional health and wellbeing during pregnancy and early parenthood booklet
Managing mental health conditions during pregnancy and early parenthood: A guide for women and their families booklet
Dad's Handbook: A guide to the first 12 months booklet
Other useful websites
Ngala (Early Parenting and Early Childhood services)
Brave Foundation (Teenage pregnancy and parenthood support)
Child and Youth Health (Women's and Children's Health Network)
Raising Children Network
Raising Children Network (information for fathers)
My Child (online child care portal)
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
MumSpace (online mental health resource to support new mums and mums-to-be)
