Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Urgent Mental Health Issues: For more urgent situations please contact the Acute Response Team on 1800 048 636. This telephone service is available 24 hours per day seven days a week. In the event of an EMERGENCY please attend a Hospital Emergency Department or dial 000.

If you need to talk to someone right now, call:

• Acute Response Team 1800 048 636
• Crisis Care 1800 199 008
• Family Help Line 9223 1100
• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800
• Mental Health Emergency Response Line
• Metro callers – Phone: 1300 555 788 (local call)
• Peel callers – Free call: 1800 676 822 (free from land line only)
• Outside metro area – Free call: 1800 552 002 (free from land line only)
• Youthline Samaritans 1800 198 313

Kids Helpline

Counselling service for children and young people aged 5 and 25.

The site is split into 2 sections:

• Kids, including information on:
• Fights with friends
• Peer pressure
• Taking risks
• Teens and young adults, including information on:
• Family relationships
• Peer pressure
• Risky behaviours

Headspace

Helps young people aged 12 to 25 who are going through a tough time, providing support for problems such as:

• Young People
• Anxiety
• Bullying
• Body image
• Depression