Help & Information Lines

Kids Help Line

Call: 1800 551 800 

http://www.kidshelp.com.au          

Kids Help Line is Australia's only free, confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

Mental Health: Assessment and
Crisis Intervention Service (ACIS)

Call: 13 14 65

http://www.carelinksa.asn.au/CF/Agency_Display.cfm?TypeTitle=Either&AgencyId=768         

The Assessment and Crisis Intervention Service (ACIS) is the main point of access to the Public Adult Mental Health Services. The primary functions are triage, emergency psychiatric assessment/management and crisis intervention

Mensline Australia

Call: 1300 78 99 78

http://www.menslineaus.org.au/   

Mensline Australia is a dedicated service for men with relationship and family concerns.
When you feel like it's all getting too much, help is as close as the phone.

Parent Helpline

Call: 1300 364 100

http://www.cyh.com/SubContent.aspx?p=102

The Parent Helpline is a telephone information service for parents in South Australia.

The Children, Youth and Women's Health Services (CYWHS) Parent Helpline provides telephone information and support - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

SANE Australia

Call: 1800 18 SANE (7263)

http://www.sane.org/Helpline/Helpline/Helpline.html

Established in 1998, the SANE Helpline provides information about symptoms, treatments, medications, where to go for support and help for carers. Easy to read pamphlets and other information are also sent out on request. Sometimes the call is urgent – when someone experiencing psychotic symptoms is undiagnosed and not receiving help, for example.

The Cancer Council Helpline

Call: 13 11 20

http://www.cancer.org.au/aboutcancer/cancercouncilhelpline.htm

The Cancer Council Helpline is a free, confidential telephone information and support service run by Cancer Councils in each state and territory.

Anyone can call The Cancer Council Helpline - cancer patients, people living with cancer, their families, carers and friends, teachers, students and healthcare professionals.

Specially trained staff are available to answer your questions about cancer and offer emotional or practical support.

Lifeline
 

Call: 13 11 14
 

http://www.lifeline.org.au

Lifeline’s 13 11 14 service is staffed by trained volunteer telephone counsellors who are ready to take calls 24-hour a day, any day of the week from anywhere in Australia. These volunteers operate from Lifeline Centres in every State and Territory around Australia. Lifeline answers around 450,000 calls per year from people needing emotional support.

Anyone can call Lifeline. The 13 11 14 service offers a counselling service that respects everyone’s right to be heard, understood and cared for.  We also provide information about other support services that are available in communities around Australia.