Welcome to the Links section of the Network website, where we provide contact information for other websites, which Consumers, Carers and other vsitors may find useful.  

• Lifeline www.lifeline.org.au, or phone 13 11 14 (24 hour crisis hotline)
     
• Headspace – Kids Help Line www.headspace.org.au, or phone 1800 551 800. This is a 24–hour telephone and online counselling service for 5 to 25 year olds in Australia.
  
  
• Mensline www.menslineaus.org.au, or phone 1300 78 99 78.
  
  
• Suicide Call Back Service www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au, or 1300 659 467 for Free nationwide counselling
  
  
• Carers Australia www.carersaustralia.com.au, or Freecall 1800 242 636.
  
  
• Mental Illness Fellowship www.mifa.org.au, or phone Head Office in Adelaide during business hours on (08) 8272 1018.
  
  
• Carer Advisory and Counselling Service phone Freecall 1800 242 636.
  
  
• Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres: www.commcarelink.health.gov.au, or call Freecall 1800 052 22. For after hours emergency respite call Freecall 1800 059 059.
  
  
• Mental Health Carers Arafmi Australia (formerly the Association of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally ill) www.arafmiaustralia.asn.au, or phone 03 9457 7130.
  
  
• SANE Australia www.sane.org, or phone 1800 187 263.
  
  
• beyondblue – the national depression initiative www.beyondblue.org.au, or contact the Info Line on 1300 22 46 36.
  
  
• Multi Cultural Mental Health Australia www.mmha.org.au, or phone: (02) 9840 3333.
  
  
•  Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service (VVCS) http://www.dva.gov.au/health_and_wellbeing/health_programs/vvcs/pages/index.aspx, or phone 1800 011 046
  
  
• Orygen Youth Health www.oyh.org.au, or phone (03) 9342 2800.
  
  
• Counselling Online www.counsellingonline.org.au. Free alcholol and drug counselling Online 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, or you can phone 1800 888 236 (Counselling).
  
  
• Alzheimers Australia www.alzheimers.org.au, or phone the National Dementia helpline on 1800 100 500. For an Interpreter phone 131 450.
  
  
• Alcoholics anonymous www.aa.org.au for a list of telephone contacts.
  
  
• Grow www.grow.net.au for a list of state groups.
  
  
• Anglicare www.anglicare.org.au, for a list of state contacts.
  
  
• Centacare www.centrecare.com.au, for a list of state contacts.
  
  
• Relationships Australia www.relationships.com.au, for a list of state contacts.
  
  
• YWCA www.ywca.org.au, for a list of state contacts.

Compliant Processes

Health and Hospitals Complaints Commission  - Telephone numbers vary across states and territories

Office of the Public Advocate   - Telephone numbers vary across states and territories

Office of the Chief Psychiatrist  - Telephone numbers vary across states and territories

Information regarding diagnosis, treatment and medication
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has developed a number of guidelines to assist you to gain a deeper understanding of specific diagnoses. These are available in printed form or from their web site www.ranzcp.org

Mental Health Peak Organisations
Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)  www.mhca.org.au
Information on Private Psychiatric Hospitals  www.healthdirectory.com.au/Private_hospitals

Where to go for help

• Your general practitioner.
• Your community health centre.
• Your community mental health centre.

For immediate counselling assistance, contact

Call Lifeline on 13 11 14
24 hour confidential telephone counselling to anyone within Australia

For information on services, check the Community Help and Welfare Services and 24–hour emergency numbers in your local telephone directory.