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95,000 children and adolescents experience depression
each year in Australia

 

Crisis & Counselling
Major Hospitals
Specialist Health Organisations
Mutual Support & Self-help organisations


beyondblue
The national depression initative

www.beyondblue.org.au

Mental Health Council of Australia
Promoting the Mental Health of all Australians

www.mhca.org.au

Wesley Mission
Serving People, Building Hope

www.wesleymission.org.au

Blue Pages
Provides information about depression for consumers

http://bluepages.anu.edu.au             http://moodgym.anu.edu.au

Crisis & Counselling
Organisation Phone Web address
Emergency Services 000  
Lifeline 131114  
Suicide Helpline - Vic 1300 651 251  
Maternal & Child Health Line 132229  
Kids Helpline (24hr) Freecall 1800 551 800 www.kidshelp.com.au
Family Drug Support 1300 368 186  
Family Drug Helpline (support for families) 1300 660 068 www.familydrughelp.share.org.au
Directline
Alcohol & Drug Counselling & referral service
1800 888 236  
Drug & Alcohol services (03) 9416 1818  
Child protection Crisis Line 131278  
Child Abuse Prevention Services 1800 688 009  
Al-Anon & Alateen family groups
(for relatives & friends of alcoholics)
(03) 9642 3330  
Alcoholics Anonymous (03) 9429 1833  
Buoyancy Foundation (all drugs) (03) 9429 3322 www.buoyancy.org.au
Families Anonymous  (drugs) (03) 9889 8112  
SANE Mental Illness Helpline ( M-F 9-5pm) 1800 SANE (7263) www.sane.org



Major Victorian Hospitals

Organisation Phone Web address
The Alfred (03) 9276 2000 www.alfred.org.au
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Austin & Repatriation Campuses
Royal Talbot Campus
(03) 9496 5000
or 1300 138 135
(03) 9496 4500
 
Dandenong hospital (03) 9554 1000 www.southernhealth.org.au
Monash Medical Centre - Clayton Campus (03) 9594 6666  
The Northern Hospital 8405 8000 www.nh.org.au
Royal Children's Hospital (03) 9345 5522 www.rch.unimelb.edu.au
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (03) 9342 7000 www.mh.org.au
The Royal Women's Hospital (03) 9344 2000 www.svhm.org.au
St.Vincent's Hospital ( Melbourne) (03) 92882211  

 

Specialist Health Organisations

Organisation Phone Web address
Mental Health Fellowship Victoria (03) 9482 4199 www.mifellowship.org
Alcohol & Drugs
Telephone counselling information & referral
1800 888 236  
Care Ring ( free telephone counselling for people in personal crisis  - 24hrs) 13 6169  
Carer Respite Centres ( Commonwealth) Carer information, support & respite 1800 059 059  
Carer Resource Centres 1800 242 636  
Carers Association of Vic ( personal support for families & friends providing unpaid care) 1800 242 636  
GROW (VIC)
Mutual support self help groups
(03) 9890 9846 www.grow.net.au
Mental Health Foundation of Vic
Mood disorders groups
(03) 9427 0406  
Narcotics Anonymous (03) 9525 2833  
OCD & Anxiety Helpline (03) 9576 2477  
Association of Relatives & Friends of the Emotionally and Mentally ill ( ARAFEMI) (03) 9889 3733  
Anxiety Recovery Centre (03) 9576 2477  
Eating Disorder Foundation (03) 9885 0318
non-metro Vic 1300 550 236
 
PATS - Adolescents with Parents with a mental illness (03) 9345 7950  

 

Mutual Support & Self-help organisations

Organisation Phone Web address
Carers Victoria 1800 242 636  
Mental Health Carer Support Workers 1800 059 059  
Carer Consultants:    
Eastern Health Area Mental Health Service
COPES Program
(03) 9871 3161  
St.Vincent's Hospital Area Mental Health Service (03) 9288 4141  
Southern Mental Health Association (03) 9585 5677  
Mental Illness Carer Advisory Link (03) 8541 6343  
Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (03) 9417 4300  
Northern Area Mental Health Services (NAMHS):    
Darebin CMHC ( Community Mental Health Centre) (03) 9416 9111
ah: 1300 650 295
 
Northern Crisi Assessment & Treatment team (NCATT) 1300 650 295  
Mental Health Carer Support Groups Southern Region Crisis Assessment Teams:    
Middle South 1300 369 012  
Inner South

1300 363 746

 
Dandenong (03) 9797 1822  
Peninsula (03) 9784 6999  

Sawyer MG, Arney F, Baghurst P, et al. Child and Adolescent component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: the mental health of young people in Australia. Canberra: Department of Health and Aged Care, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, 2000.


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