If it’s an emergency, immediately call 000.
If you’re feeling suicidal, please know that there are plenty of services ready to help and you don’t have to suffer alone. Read on to find contact details for suicide helplines.
Suicide Callback Service
Suicide Call Back Service offers free professional 24/7 telephone counselling support to people at risk of suicide, concerned about someone at risk, bereaved by suicide and people experiencing emotional or mental health issues.
Call 1300 659 467
Online Chat and Video Counselling
Suicide Call Back Service offers free professional 24/7 online counselling support to people at risk of suicide, concerned about someone at risk, bereaved by suicide and people experiencing emotional or mental health issues.
Click here: https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/phone-and-online-counselling/
Lifeline Australia
Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
Call 13 11 14
Queensland Mental Health Commission
1300 MH CALL (1300 642 255) is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services to Queenslanders.
1300 MH CALL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will link to the caller’s nearest Queensland Public Mental Health service.
The 1300 MH CALL service:
- is the main point of access into public mental health services
- can provide support, information, advice and referral
- can provide advice and information in a mental health emergency or crisis
- is staffed by trained and experienced professional mental health clinicians
- will provide a mental health triage and refer to acute care teams where appropriate.
More mental health and suicide helplines:
Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36
MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800
1800 Respect 1800 737 732
13 YARN – 13 92 76 – for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Other support and information services:
Queensland Health 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)
Alcohol and Drug Information Service 1800 177 833
Counselling online (drug and alcohol) 1800 888 236
Quitline 13 78 48
headspace 1800 650 890
youthbeyondblue 1300 22 46 36
Veterans Support Service 1800 011 046
PANDA (perinatal anxiety and depression) 1300 726 306
Butterfly Foundation (eating disorders) 1800 334673
The Eating Issues Centre (eating disorders) (07) 3844 6055
QLife (LGBTI) 1800 184 527
Griefline 1300 845 745
Grow Australia (support through peer groups) 1800 558 268
Here at Golden Thread Therapy, we can provide therapeutic support for symptoms of depression and anxiety. You’re welcome to make a booking any time.
