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 |