Mental health resources

Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

Phone: 131 114.

The Mental Health Line is a 24-hour telephone service operating seven days a week across NSW.

Phone: 1800 011 511.

Suicide Call Back Service is a nationwide service that provides professional 24/7 telephone and online counselling to people who are affected by suicide.

Phone: 1300 659 467.

eheadspace provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends.

Phone: 1800 650 890.

Kids Helpline is Australia's only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.

Phone: 1800 55 1800.

Loads of resources on Bipolar Disorder and Depression, including online videos and self-tests.

Open 24 hours to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse

Phone: 1800 737 732.

Loads of resources on Bipolar Disorder and Depression, including online videos and self-tests.

BeyondBlue has information on Depression, Postnatal Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder. There is a range of free self tests and checklists.

Phone: 1300 22 4633

Sane Australia provides information on a wide range of mental health issues and advice for family and friends.

Phone: 1800 187 263

Online forums for people living with mental illness and Careers Forum.

Head to Health provides links to trusted Australian online and phone supports, resources and treatment options.

Everyone goes through a tough time occasionally and your friends are no exception. Find out more about how you can talk to someone you're worried about.

The Office for the eSafety Commissioner promotes online safety for all Australian’s. It includes tips, information for specific population groups (young people, parents, women, kids, educators, seniors), complaints reporting when people experience cyberbullying/report illegal or offensive online content.

Supports for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of varying interventions, strategies and generalised information related to anxiety.

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of varying interventions, strategies and generalised information related to depression.

This self-help resource provides 8 steps for Aboriginal and Torres Strait people to use when they are feeling down.

“What is anxiety” is a factsheet with information about the causes, supports and strategies when people experience anxiety.

The toolkit provides information about change, loss and reactions when a bushfire has occurred. The toolkit includes a list of support services to access.

The collection of quick and easy healthy recipes that includes 5 ingredients, will assist with concentration, physical health and wellbeing.

The grief and loss factsheet includes information about the experiences of grief and loss, and services to access when experiencing grief and loss.

If you, a family member or community member has lost someone to suicide and are looking for information to support yourself, children or others, this information sheet provides information about grief and loss and support services.

Rethinking overthinking provides strategies and information about thinking skills for people who experience depression.

The Anxiety Factsheet provides information about anxiety disorders, symptoms and suggestions for getting support.

The Depression Factsheet provides information about common depressive disorders, symptoms and suggestions for getting supports.

The factsheet including information about the different types of eating and body image disorders, symptoms and suggestions for getting supports, and support service information.

The Being Active and Mental Health Factsheet provides information about how the mind and body are connected to wellbeing, physical health and mental health.

The self-harm factsheet includes information about self-harming behaviours, tips to help yourself, information to help someone who is self-harming and support service details.

The factsheet discusses how sleep is connected to mental health, wellbeing, why its important especially when experiencing stress.

This self-help resource provides generalised information about panic disorders and attacks, and details about support services, short term and long term self-help strategies.

R U Ok handout outlines questions to ask if you notice someone is not themselves and how to start a conversation with them.

The self-harm and young people information includes material about what to look for when someone is self-harming, causes, support suggestions, what to do if you’re really concerned about someone’s self-harming behaviours.

The suicide prevention toolkit provides information about warning signs, risk factors, a 6 step plan when people experiences suicidal thoughts, culture and suicide information.

Feeling stressed and overwhelmed is experiences for many reasons. This information sheet includes ideas to help when feeling stressed and/or overwhelmed.

This toolkit includes information about what is domestic and family violence, the complexity of violence or abusive relationships, options to consider if you are in a violent or abuse relationship.