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Local help for young people who need help and advice about mental
illness issues. Do you want to...?
Get emergency help
Where to get help for a Mental Health Emergency in
the ACT
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If you, or someone you know, has taken pills or have
hurt or injured themselves don’t wait to rate
how serious it is.
Treat it seriously -now.
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Call:
000
Free call.
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24 Hours 7days
emergency service
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If you, or someone you know, have troubled feelings
and thoughts, or are acting in ways that put you or
others at risk or harm the ACT Mental Health
Crisis and Assessment Team can respond.
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Call: 1800 629 354
Free call: |
24 hours 7 days
Service can talk you through a mental health crisis or
make an assessment about your own or others mental health. |
| If you or a friend are aged between 12yrs and 18yrs
and have taken pills or hurt yourself, CAHMS Crisis
Line for young people can respond. |
Call:
(02) 6205 1971
Local call – covers all of Canberra
Free service
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Ring between hours 8:30am - 4:50pm (Mon-Fri) and 8:30am - 4:30pm (weekends). Out of
hours calls are automatically forwarded to the Crisis
and Assessment Team |
Talk with someone
Where to find someone to talk about youth mental
health in the ACT
If you want to talk about getting help for you or a friend
you can ask a trusted teacher, school counsellor, a parent,
a friend, or a youth worker and ask them to help you.
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If you are stressed, in crisis, and not dealing with
any issue and you’d like to talk about it in private
with a friendly trained person, Lifeline
is the place to call. They are able to help you make
decisions about what and where to go next or just listen.
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Call:
Lifeline 131 114
free call
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24 hours 7days
Free service |
| Health First
is an ACT phone service that lets you speak to a registered
nurse about health issues. You can also email a registered
nurse about health issues. However, they don’t
recommended that you use the email in an emergency. |
Call:
6207 7777
Local call
Web:
www.healthfirst.net.au |
24 hours 7days
Free service |
| Kids
Help Line is a national service for young people
5-18yrs. You can talk privately with a male or female
counsellor and be able to speak to the same person each
time you call. They can point you in the direction of
services in the ACT including mental health and homelessness. |
Call:
1800 551 800
Free call. Nation Wide |
5-18yrs
24hours 7days
Free service |
Read about mental illness
Where to find books and publications about mental
illness and how to live with it in the ACT
Places in the ACT, where pamphlets, videos, brochures and
books about mental illness are available. Subjects range from:
how to live with a mental illness, how to care for yourself
or someone else who is experiencing a mental illness and symptoms
and diagnosis. Libraries, Community Health Centres and Youth
Centres also hold published information about mental health.
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The Mental Health Foundation has a
good resource library for all people including non-english
speaking background in the ACT. The MHF also provides
an information and referral service for people with
a mental illness and for carers. MHF can provide contact
information for various support and self help groups
within the ACT and region.
Located at:
Suite 6, 42 Townsend Street, Phillip ACT 2606 |
Call:
(02) 6282 6658
local call
Web
www.mhf.org.au |
18 years of age and up
Hours: 10-5
Mon-Fri |
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Illness Education ACT. (MIEACT) Have a library
and information for young people about mental illness.
Located at:
The Griffin Centre
Genge Street
Civic ACT 2601 |
Call:
(02) 6257 1195
local call
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All age groups
Business Hours
Mon-Fri |
Go to a place for help
Where to go for youth mental health support and
help in the ACT.
A good place to get help or find out about your mental health
is your local doctor. Or you could choose to use another service
like the ones listed below. Sometimes you may need a referral
to use these services. You can get a referral from a doctor,
a school counsellor, teacher or youth worker.
You may also need a Medicare card. If you don’t have
access to one you can ask a school counsellor or youth worker
about how to get a Medicare card of your own. ‘Going
somewhere’ for help can mean you choosing to bring a
friend or family member along for support or even arranging
to meet privately with a health worker.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
(CAMHS) Can provide counselling and outreach
programs to young people throughout the ACT through
the Phillip, Tuggeranong, City and Belconnen Health
Centres.
Location: Callam Offices Bldg A Level, Easty St Woden
2602 |
Call:
(02) 6205 1469
Local call
8:30am - 4:50pm (Mon-Fri). |
For young people up to 18 years
Mon-Fri
Referral not required. |
| The Junction
drop in Centre, have health workers, drug workers and
mental health workers. Doctors and counsellors are also
available. The Junction is the only one of its type
in the ACT and provides a caring, culturally sensitive,
safe and non judgemental service.
Located at:
Corner of Petrie St and Ballumbir St
Canberra City ACT 2601 |
Call:
(02) 6247 5567
Local call
Ring for appointments between 1 and
2 weekdays |
For young people 12-25yrs
1-5pm drop-in weekdays
No referral needed
No Medicare or health care card needed. |
| Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal
Health Service. A service for Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander people who would like to access
holistic and culturally appropriate health services.
Located at:
63 Boolimba Crescent
Narrabundah ACT 2604 |
Call:
(02) 6284 6222
Local call
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Young People
welcome.
9am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) |
Find someone else
Where young people can find support in caring for
someone with a mental illness.
Sometimes young people can find themselves living with a
family member who is experiencing mental illness.
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CYCLOPS ‘Connecting
young carers to life opportunities and personalised
support’.
Cyclops offer a friendly support service for young people
who have a family member who is sick, disabled, frail,
chronically, physically and mentally ill. They can come
to you. |
Call:
(02) 6262 8892
Local call |
For young people 10-18yrs
Monday–Friday
9am-5pm. |
Non-English speakers
Where can young people find multicultural mental
health information
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Transcultural Mental Health
Centre offers specialist advice and information
for people from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds. |
Call:
1800 648911
Free Call
Website: www.tmhc.nsw.gov.au |
NSW and ACT |
Other Services
Other Youth Services in the ACT
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Youth InterACT has
information and links to youth services in the ACT.
It covers youth legal services, youth housing and accommodation,
health, dating, education and work and an ACT youth
chat room.
Makingcontact.net.au
has a guide to youth services and support in the ACT.
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www.youth.act.gov.au
www.makingcontact.net.au
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All youth in the ACT |
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