Mental health supports

Lifeline’s 13 11 14 crisis support service is available 24/7. Anyone in Australia can speak to a trained Crisis Supporter over the phone, any time of the day or night.

The APS provides a searchable directory of qualified psychologist to help your search.

National Youth Mental Health Service supporting people aged 12-25 years.

The Mental Health Line is for anyone needing advice about mental health matters, including how to contact or connect with a mental health service. Calls are answered 24 hours, 7 days a week, by a mental health clinician who can offer support and connect you with the appropriate local, public mental health service in NSW.

The Medicare Mental Health gateway aims to provide easy access to digital mental health services, information and support.

Visit the Transcultural Mental Health Centre website for a collection of translated resources and mental health factsheets, including steps you can take to getting professional mental health help.

You can access factsheets and information about mental health in many languages on the headspace website.

Witness to War is a national multilingual telephone hotline (1800 845 198) for people affected by overseas conflicts. People can feel the impact in different ways, and may experience health, social and practical issues. The helpline is for individuals, families and communities who are distressed about overseas events, have friends and family abroad, need someone to talk to, or need help finding information about useful services and support.

ArabicLine is for anyone who needs to reconnect or simply wants to chat in Arabic. This is not a crisis service. You can enter your number on the website to receive a call from a volunteer.

Panda is a helpline (1300 726 306) for parents affected by perinatal anxiety, depression, and postnatal psychosis, and those experiencing challenges becoming a parent. You can let the phone operator know if you need an interpreter. They are available in many languages. If an interpreter is not available, they will call you back as soon as one is available.

This is an Arabic translated guide to accessing Lifeline services. Lifeline is a national 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention hotline. You can call 13 11 14 to connect and speak with a trained crisis supporter.

This is a Chinese Simplified translated guide to accessing Lifeline services. Lifeline is a national 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention hotline. You can call 13 11 14 to connect and speak with a trained crisis supporter.

This is a cross-cultural mental health hotline (1800 648 911) that connects you with culturally sensitive and linguistically diverse clinicians who can provide you assistance with mental health and accessing services in your community, available in multiple languages.

This is a Simplified Chinese translated directory of mental health supports and hotlines available across Australia.