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Crisis & Counselling Organisations

Emergency Services 000
Lifeline 131114
Suicide Helpline – Vic 1300 651 251
Maternal & Child Health Line 132229
Kids Helpline (24hr) 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
Alcohol & Drug Counselling & referral service 1800 888 236
Drug & Alcohol services (03) 9416 1818
Child proection Crisis Line 131278
Child Abuse Prevention Services 1800 688 009
Al-Anon & Alateen family groups (03) 9620 2166
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 187 263 www.sane.org
Beyondblue (The national depression initative) 1300 224 636 www.beyondblue.org.au
Wesley Mission (03) 9111 3786 www.wesleymission.org.au
Blue Pages (depression information) 1300 246 800 www.bluepages.anu.edu.au

Major Victorian Hospitals

The Alfred hospital (03) 9076 2000
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (03) 9496 5000 or 1300 138 135
Dandenong hospital (03) 9554 1000
Monash Medical Centre – Clayton Campus (03) 9594 6666
The Northern Hospital (03) 8405 8000
Royal Children’s Hospital (03) 9345 5522
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (03) 9342 7000
The Royal Women’s Hospital (03) 9344 2000
St.Vincent’s Hospital (03) 9288 2211

Specialist Health Organisations

Mental Health Fellowship Victoria (03) 9482 4199
Alcohol & Drugs Telephone counselling 1800 888 236
Care Ring (24hr crisis counselling) 136169
GROW (Vic) (03) 9890 9846
Mood disorders groups (03) 9427 0406
Narcotics Anonymous (03) 9525 2833
OCD & Anxiety Helpline (03) 9830 0533
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 or 1300 550 236
PATS (kids with parents with mental illness) (03) 9345 7950

Mutual Support & Self-help organisations

Careres Victoria 1800 242 636
Mental Health Carer Support Workers 1800 059 059

Carer Consultants

Eastern Health Area Mental Health Service (03) 9955 1177 COPES Program
St.Vincent’s Hosp. Area Mental Health Service (03) 9231 4666
Southern Mental Health Association (03) 9585 5677
Mental Illness Carer Advisory Link (03) 8541 6343
Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (03) 9231 3300
Darebin CMHC (Community Mental Health Centre) (03) 9416 6300 or 1300 650 295
Northern Crisis Assessment & Treatment (NCATT) 1300 650 295