Support Services
There are a range of support services accessible through our community that can provide advice about your mental health, assist with access to mental health care, and offer support to family and carers of people experiencing mental illness.
Helplines
- Alcohol and Other Drug Support Line (available 24/7)
- Metropolitan – 9442 5000
- Country – 1800 198 024
- Beyond Blue
- 1300 22 4636 (available 24/7)
- Online counselling
- Butterfly Foundation (Foundation for Eating Disorders)
- 1800 33 4673
- Online counselling
- Child Protection and Family Support Crisis Care Helpline
- Metropolitan – 9223 1111
- Country – 1800 199 008 (free call)
- Kids Helpline (available 24/7)
- 1800 55 1800
- Online counselling
- Lifeline
- 13 11 14 (available 24/7)
- Crisis support chat
- Mental Health Emergency Response Line (available 24/7)
- Metropolitan – 1300 555 788
- Peel – 1800 676 822 (free call)
- MensLine Australia (available 24/7)
- 1300 78 99 78
- Online chat or video counselling
- PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia) – 1300 726 306
- QLife (LGBTI)
- 1800 184 527
- Webchat
- Rurallink – 1800 552 002
- Suicide Call Back Service (available 24/7)
- 1300 659 467
- Online counselling
- The Samaritans Crisis Line
- Main line – 135 247
- Country – 1800 198 313 (free call)
Support for Carers
- Carer Gateway
- Carers WA – 1800 007 332 (counselling line)
- HelpingMinds
- Metropolitan – 9427 7100
- Regional – 1800 811 747 (free call)
- Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre
- Mental Illness Fellowship of Western Australia
- Parent and Family Drug Support Line (available 24/7)
- Metropolitan – 9442 5050
- Country – 1800 653 203
Youth Services
Community Support Services
- Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
- Freedom Centre (LGBTIQ+)
- Headspace
- Mission Australia
- Outcare
- Passages
- ReachOut
- Wanslea Children and Family Services
- Youth Beyond Blue
- 1300 22 4636 (available 24/7)
- Chat online confidentially
Public Health Services
- East Metropolitan Health Youth Unit (EMyU) – 9416 3666
- Drug and Alcohol Youth Service – 9222 6300
- Perth Children’s Hospital
Community Support Services
Mental Health
- HelpingMinds
- Metropolitan – 9427 7100
- Regional – 1800 811 747 (free call)
- Mates in Construction
- Mental Illness Fellowship of Western Australia
- Richmond Wellbeing
- Ruah Community Services
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Last Updated:
09/09/2021