07/10/2020
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁?
Unsure who to contact? Here is part 2 of a number of important contacts to get in touch if you’re not feeling great:
𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. They help young people who are going through a tough time. Looking for someone to talk to? If you're 12-25, you can get health advice, support and information from headspace. With centres all around Australia, maybe headspace can help you.
𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 provides 24/7 crisis support and su***de prevention services. Phone 13 11 14
𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 is a professional telephone and online support and information service for Australian men. Phone 1300 789 978
𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 provides a national focus for advice and support to providers and governments on mental health and su***de prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗴𝘆𝗺 is like an interactive self-help book which helps you to learn and practise skills which can help to prevent and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety.
𝗢𝗻𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 aims to support the Australian community to achieve mental and physical health and wellbeing. This is achieved in several unique ways. Quizzes, information, referrals and programs. It is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation.
𝗤𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 - 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 is Australia's first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people. The project will provide nation-wide, early intervention, peer supported telephone and web based services to diverse people of all ages experiencing poor mental health, psychological distress, social isolation, discrimination, experiences of being misgendered and/or other social determinants that impact on their health and wellbeing.
𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗲 & 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 provides 24/7 telephone and online crisis counselling for anyone - women and men - in Australia who has experienced or is at risk of sexual assault, family or domestic violence and their non offending supporters. Phone 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗢𝘂𝘁.𝗰𝗼𝗺 is Australia's leading online youth mental health service. It's the perfect place to start if you're not sure where to look. Every year it helps hundreds of thousands of young Australians with information support and stories on everything from finding your motivation, through to getting through really tough times.
𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 is a leading provider of relationship support services for individuals, families and communities.
Head to https://qutguild.com/help/mental-health/ for all the details on how to contact each organisation.
𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘘𝘜𝘛 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘘𝘜𝘛 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.
