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
	Mind Screen Online mental health assessment www.mindscreen.com.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.