If you are in immediate danger, call triple zero (000) for emergency services.

Find someone to talk to through one of the following mental health helplines:

• Lifeline - call 13 11 14 for this free, Australia-wide crisis support and suicide prevention service

• Suicide Call Back Service - call 1300 659 467 for this free service for people having suicidal thoughts or for family or friends affected by suicide

• SuicideLine - call 1300 651 251 for free and anonymous support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Victoria

• Kids Help Line - call 1800 55 1800 for free counselling for young people between the ages of five and 25

• Mensline Australia - call 1300 78 99 78 to access this free telephone support service for men with family and relationship issues

• Beyond Blue - call 1300 22 4636 for support for issues relating to anxiety and depression

• Wellways Helpline is a free, confidential, and non-judgmental service for VIC residents providing mental health information, wellbeing support and referral advice for people with a mental health issue, as well as carers and family members.

• Poisons Information - call 131 126 if you have overdosed or been poisoned or made a mistake with your medications.

For more details visit - Urgent Treatment for Mental Illness

Better Health Channel – Victorian Department of Health

Health Direct – Department of Health

NURSE-ON-CALL

Immediate health advice from a registered nurse — available 24/7
Phone number: 1300 60 60 24

PARENTLINE

Statewide telephone counselling and support service for all Victorian parents and carers of children from 0-18 years
Telephone helpline is available 8 am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week, every day of the year
Phone number: 13 22 80

Royal Children’s Hospital - Kids Health Information

Child Mental Health - Kids Helpline

Adolescent and Young People’s Mental Health - Headspace

Centre for Clinical Interventions - Looking After Yourself

Black Dog Institute - Resources & support

Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health - COPE: Centre of Perinatal Excellence

Mental Health support for families - Perinatal anxiety and depression australia (PANDA)

Eating Disorders - The Butterfly Foundation, InsideOut Institute

Domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service - 1800RESPECT

Family Violence Support - The Orange Door

The Royal Women’s Hospital - Health Information & Fact Sheets

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) - Resource Hub

Jean Hailes - Health Topics

Australian Menopause Society - Fact Sheets

For pregnancy and baby related information sheets, please refer to my Pregnancy Care section.