General Resources

These resources are provided as general information only, please consult with your GP or healthcare professional if you require more support.

Medicare

Medicare is the insurance  insurance scheme that gives Australian citizens and permanent residents access to healthcare, including a wide range of health and hospital services at no cost or low cost. Medicare offers support to seek mental health care. For more information visit Mental Health Care Plans under Medicare

A Mental Health Treatment Plan (previously known as a ‘mental health care plan’) is a plan for people with a mental health disorder. If you have mental health issues, your doctor can write a plan for you. 

Mental Health Treatment Plans 

Allied Health Professionals

Allied health practitioners are healthcare professionals who are not nurses, midwives, doctors, or dentists. Allied health professionals can help you take care of your physical or mental health. They provide services that can include diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation. 

Allied Health Professionals 

Lifeline

Lifeline is Australia’s leading suicide prevention service. We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24-hour crisis support. 

Lifeline crisis line has several ways to get in touch: 

• 24/7 Hotline you can call: 13 11 14
  
• An online chat service: Online Chat 
• They have a text message service: 0477 13 11 14

Lifeline have also produced self help tool kits and fact sheets, and offer Lifeline’s Service Finder with over 80,000 services listed across Australia Lifeline Resources & Service Finder 

Online Services 

eMH in Practice - A Guide to Digital Mental Health Resources for GPs, Allied Health professionals and a range of other practitioners. This provides an overview of various online resources that have been developed by credible sources. 

E-Mental Health in Practice

Head to Health

Head to Health helps all Australians access the mental health and well-being services that are right for them. It makes it easier to navigate and choose the most suitable care options, whether that’s face-to-face, via phone, or online. Head to Health lists Digital Mental Health Resources from trusted services providers.

This Way Up

This Way Up is an international award-winning, free and low-cost online course out of St Vincents Hospital have been clinically proven to help. GP’s are able to prescribe paid courses so that they are free – e.g. a free sleep management course: Managing Insomnia Course 

Black Dog Institute

Black Dog Institute have created My Compass, a personalised self-help tool for your mental health. It takes some basic information and helps to track ongoing treatments. It also teaches some basic skills that doctors and counsellors would teach to help make positive change.

Mindspot

Mindspot is a digital mental health clinic trusted by over 150,000 Australians, provides free, anonymous assessment and treatment for adults experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and chronic pain.

Moodgym

Moodgym is an interactive self-help to learn and practise skills which can help to prevent and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety. Moodgym was developed based on evidence based studies and is free to use.

CCI

Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) – based in Perth WA, however also provides a range of excellent, free evidence-based online resources for individuals seeking self-help materials to improve their mental health Looking After Yourself 

CLAN

CLAN (Care Leavers Australasia Network) offers support to people who have grown up in orphanages, children’s homes, missions and foster care in Australia & NZ, or whose parents or other family members had this experience. Support services include free counselling. For more information visit the CLAN webpage.