Mental Health Victoria is not a crisis support or referral service. However, useful links and contact details can be found below. If your safety or the safety of others is at risk, contact emergency services on 000
If you need an interpreter to help speak with any of the below services, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450.
Get immediate help
Emergency Services
000 (24 hours, every day)
Lifeline
Free Australia-wide crisis support and suicide prevention service
13 11 14 (24 hours)
Text: 0477 131 114 (24 hours)
Lifeline online crisis chat (from 7pm to 12am)
Suicide call back service
Free Australia-wide service for people affected by suicide
1300 659 467 (24 hours)
Online and video chat is also available on the website.
SuicideLine Victoria
Free counselling and support for people in Victoria
1300 651 251 (24 hours)
Online and video chat is also available on the website.
13YARN
24/7 national crisis line support for Indigenous Australians.
13 92 76 (24 hours)
On this page
Get immediate help
General mental health support
Support for anxiety and depression
LGBTIQA+ support
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support
Support and resources for culturally and linguisitically diverse people
Support for families and carers
Support for children and young people
Parenting, relationship and grief support
Support for survivors of childhood trauma
Eating disorders support
Veterans support
General mental health support
Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect
Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect is a new service dedicated to those who are supporting people living with mental health and/or substance use challenges or psychological distress.
Click the above link for full details of the 8 Centre's across Victoria
Head to Health
Free mental health and wellbeing support for all Victorians
1800 595 212 (8.30am to 5pm weekdays, except public holidays)
Beyond Blue
Free mental health and wellbeing information and support for all in Australia
1300 22 4636 (24 hours)
Online chat is also available on the website
SANE Australia
Provides a range of services including a hotline, online forums, referrals, workplace resources and advocacy about complex mental health issues
1800 187 263 (10am to 10pm weekdays)
Support for anxiety and depression
ARCVic
Anxiety and OCD Helpline
1300 269 438 (10am to 7pm weekdays)
MindSpot Clinic
Phone and online service for people with stress, worry, anxiety, low mood or depression
1800 61 44 34 (8am to 8pm weekdays, 8am to 6pm Saturday)
LGBTIQA+ support
Switchboard — Qlife
Counselling, information and referral services for LGBTIQA+ people, their family and friends
1800 184 527 or online chat (3pm to 12am)
Thorne Harbour Health
Provides a range of services and supports for LGBTIQA+ people
queerspace
Counselling, case management, advocacy, research, training, professional development, consultancy
Rainbow Health Australia
Resource page lists a range of services, including counselling and peer support
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support services
Brother to Brother
24-hour crisis line for Aboriginal men
1800 435 799 (24 hours)
13YARN
24/7 national crisis line support for Indigenous Australians.
13 92 76 (24 hours)
Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd
Provides a range of healthcare and other support services.
Healing Foundation
Resources and support for members of the Stolen Generations.
Support and resources for culturally and linguistically diverse people
Victorian Transcultural Mental Health
The lead transcultural and intersectional mental health service for the state of Victoria
Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities
Intake and referral service
Foundation House
The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Embrace Mental Health
Mental health resources in a range of languages
Support for families and carers
Tandem Support and Referral Line
Information, support, advocacy or referral for family members or friends who are supporting a person with mental health issues
1800 314 325 (9am to 5pm)
Mental Health Foundation Australia
National Mental Health Helpline offers emotional and practical support to families, carers and individuals with mental health issues. The response team does not provide counselling but can arrange a call back from a trained psychologist or counsellor
1300 643 287
Support for children and young people
Headspace/eheadspace
Confidential mental health and wellbeing information, support and health services for young people aged 12 to 25 and their families
1800 650 890 (9am to 1am)
Kids Helpline
Free, private and confidential phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25
1800 551 800 (24 hours)
Web chat counselling
Email counselling (checked 8am to 10pm daily)
ReachOut
An online mental health organisation for young people and their parents, providing practical support and tools to help with everyday issues. They also provide specific information for parents to help them support their teenagers
Online resources
Parenting, relationship and grief support
The Compassionate Friends Victoria
Information and peer support for families trying to rebuild their lives after the death of a child, sibling or grandchild, from trained volunteers with lived experience
1300 064 068 (24 hours)
Relationship Australia
Relationship support services for individuals, families and communities
1300 364 277
MensLine
Support, information and referral service helping men to deal with emotional and relationship problems in a practical and effective way
1300 78 99 78 (24 hours)
Online and video chat is also available via their website
GriefLine
Telephone and online counselling services, as well as programs for children
1300 845 745 (6am to 12am)
PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia)
Telephone information, counselling and referral service for women, men and families affected by perinatal mental illness
1300 726 306 (9am to 7:30pm weekdays)
Text line for after hours support https://panda.org.au/chat
Support for survivors of childhood trauma
Blue Knot Foundation Helpline
Information, support or referral for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse
1300 657 380 (9am to 5pm)
Eating disorders support
Butterfly Foundation's National Helpline
Counselling and treatment referral for people with eating disorders, and body image and related issues
1800 33 4673 (8am to 12am)
Eating Disorders Victoria
Free and confidential service providing information and peer support for people experiencing eating disorders or those who are supporting them (family, friends, professionals etc.)
1300 550 236 (9.30am to 4:30pm)
Veterans support
Open Arms (Veterans and Families Counselling)
Free and confidential counselling to anyone who has served at least one day in the ADF, and their families
1800 011 046 (24 hours)
