Mental Health Services
If you or someone you know is at immediate risk or harm, call triple zero (000)
What is mental health?
Your mental wellbeing is the unique way that you handle your emotions, respond to stress, behave and interact with others and also your general outlook on life. Having a healthy sense of mental wellbeing has many benefits. It lifts your mood, promotes resilience in difficult situations and helps you get the most out of life.
How to know if what you are experiencing is a problem?
If you are experiencing difficult feelings, behaviours, or just ‘things’ that you just can’t seem to shake.
If your sleep is consistently poor and you’re regularly tired or lacking energy. If your appetite has changed. If you feel anxious or you can’t turn off those negative thoughts that seem to get more persistent and louder by the day.
Or, most important of all, if how you have been feeling or behaving has been out of character and you are acting differently to how you normally act.
If you experience any of these, but in particular a marked change in how you usually feel and/or behave for an extended period (2-4 weeks), and if this is impacting your relationships and ability to do the things you usually enjoy, or impacting on your ability to do the things you need to do, or even just turning up to work, then it is highly recommended that you seek professional mental health support (LIVIN).
What is good mental health?
Good mental health is more than just the abscence of mental illness. It means you are in a state of wellbeing where you feel good and funtion well in the world. According to the World Health Organisation, good mental health is when you can:
Cope with the normal stresses of life
Work productively
Realise your potential
Contribute to the community
If you have good mental health, you might have emotions including happiness, love, joy and compassion, and you feel generally satisfied with life. You are also likely to feel that you belong to a community and are making a contribution to society. You might also have a sense of spiritual wellbeing, a sense of meaning or purpose, and feelings of peace.
Lifeline
Every 30 seconds, a person in Australia reaches out to Lifeline for help. They are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
About this service
- It is short term support for people who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping or staying safe
- Confidential one-to-one support with a trained Lifeline telephone crisis supporter
- Available 24/7
What they do during a call
- Listen without judgement
- Provide a safe space to discuss your needs, worries or concerns
- Work with you to explore options for support
Call 13 11 14
Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue is an Australian mental health and wellbeing support organisation. They provide support programs to address issues related to depression, suicide, aniety disorders adn other related mental health illnesses.
Call 1300 224 636
Kids Helpline
Kids helpline is Australia’s only free (even from a mobile phone), confidential 24/7 online and phone counselling service for you people aged 5-25.
5 Operational Principles
- Privacy and confidentiality
- All young people are treated with respect
- All young people can choose the gender of the counsellor they speak to
- Young people are able to access the same counsellor if they wish to call back
- Young people are encouraged to give feedback about Kids Helpline andn the service they receive
13 YARN
13 YARN (Thirteen YARN) is the first national crissis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping. They offer a confidential one to one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter who can provide crisis support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 13 YARn empowers the community with the opprtunity to yarn without judgement and provide a culturally safe sapce to speak about your needs, worries and concerns.
Call 13 92 76
Suicide Call Back Service
Suicide Call Back Service offers free professional 24/7 telephone counselling support to people at risk of suicide, concerned about someone at risk, bereaved by suicide and people experiencing emotional or mental health issues.
Mens Line Australia
MensLine Australia offers free professional 24/7 telephone counselling support for men with concerns about mental health, anger management, family violence (using and experiencing), addiction, reltionship, stress and wellbeing.
Call 1300 789 978
