I Need Help

The LIFE website does not provide crisis intervention or counselling. The information that can be accessed here is not a substitute for professional care. If you are in need of urgent support or are worried about someone, please contact your local doctor or the agencies below.

 

National telephone counselling services

 

Lifeline
13 11 14
(24 hour phone counselling)

 

Kids Help Line
1800 55 1800
(24 hour professional phone counselling)

 

The Salvation Army Hope Line (bereavement support)
1300 467 354
(24 hour phone counselling)

 

Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467
(Professional call back service referral line operates seven days a week)

Mensline Australia
1300 789 978
(24 hour professional phone counselling and referral)

 

Veterans Line
1800 011 046
(after hours professional telephone crisis counselling for Vietnam veterans and their families)

 

Information and referral

 

SANE Helpline
1800 18 SANE (7263)
(information and advice Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm EST)

 

beyondblue line
1300 22 4636

 

Websites

 

Lifeline

Kids Help Line

Mensline Australia

SANE Australia

beyondblue

depressionServices

Reach Out!

Support After Suicide
 

 

 


State and territory crisis telephone counselling services

 
ACT

 

Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team
1800 629 354

 

New South Wales

 

NSW Rural Mental Health Support Line
1800 201 123

 

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention
1300 363 622

 

Salvo Care Line
02 9331 6000

 

Northern Territory

Crisis Line Northern Territory
1800 019 116

 

Queensland


Crisis Counselling Service
1300 363 622

 

South Australia


Mental Health Assessment and Crisis Intervention Service
13 14 65

 

Tasmania


Samaritans Lifelink
(country – 1300 364 566; metro – 03 6331 3355)

 

Victoria


SuicideLine (VIC)
1300 651 251


Western Australia

Samaritans Suicide Emergency
(country – 1800 198 313; metro – 08 9381 5555)

 

 

 

 


 

 

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LIFE Helping someone at risk of suicide
LIFE's Helping someone at risk of suicide brochure provides useful information about what a person can do if somebody close them is considering taking their own life.