Melbourne Campus Counselling and Crisis Contacts
St Patrick's
In a life threatening or time critical emergency please call 000
Mental Health Services available 24 hours:
- St Vincent's Hospital - Mental Health Service, Psychiatric Triage - for all new referrals & after hours assistance
- Nicholson St, Fitzroy
- 1300 558 862
- www.svhm.org.au/infoabout/departments/MentalHealth2005/Referrals.htm
Emergency Departments of Local Hospitals:
- St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Parade Fitzroy
- 9288 2211
- www.svhm.org.au
- Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St, Parkville
- 9342 7000
- www.mh.org.au
- The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran
- 9276 2000
- www.alfred.org.au
Telephone Counselling Services:
- Lifeline (24 Hour Counselling)
- 131 114
- Suicide Line (Statewide helpline)
- 1300 651 251
- Salvation Army Crisis Line (24 Hours)
- 9536 7777
- Kids Help Line
(24 Hour Telephone and On-line Counselling for children and young people aged between 5 and 25 years)
1800 551 800
- www.kidshelpline.com.au
International Student's Emergency Line:
- International Student OSHC World Care
- 1800 814 781(24 hour)
- www.oshcworldcare.com.au/oshc/oshc/os00.aspx?pn=wc
Specialist, Welfare & Referral Services:
24 Hour Hotlines
- Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA)
Counselling & Support Line
- 9349 2210
- 1800 806 292 (Free call)
- www.rwh.org.au/casa
- Victorian Sexual Assault Crisis Line - After Hours
- 9347 1766
- 1800 806 292 (Free call)
- Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service of Victoria
- 9373 0123 (24 hours)
- 1800 015 188 (Free call)
- www.dvirc.org.au
- Child Protection Crisis Line 24 Hours
- 131 278
- Victorian Poisons Information Centre
- 131 126
Community Services
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- 9429 1833
- www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.au/
- Direct Line - Confidential alcohol and drug counselling & referral line
- 1800 888 236
- www.turningpoint.org.au/
- Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre
- 9486 9866
- www.dvirc.org.au/
- Family Planning Victoria
- 9654 4766
- www.fpv.org.au
- Gamblers Help Line
- 1800 156 789
- www.gspot.org.au
- Gay and Lesbian Switchboard
- 9827 8544
- home.vicnet.net.au/~glswitch/
- Grief Line
- 9596 7799
- www.bethlehem.org.au
- Infoxchange Australia - Government Services Information
- 9486 9355
- www.infoxchange.net.au/index.html
- Men's Line Australia - Referral Service
- 1300 789 978
- www.menslineaus.org.au/cms/index.html
- Parent Line - Counselling, information and referral service for parents
- 13 22 89
- www.parentline.vic.gov.au
- Victims of Crime Helpline
- 1800 819 817
- www.justice.vic.gov.au
- Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service of Victoria
- 9329 8433
- 1800 015 188 (After hours)
- www.dvirc.org.au
- Women's Information and Referral Exchange (WIRE)
- 1300 134 130
- www.wire.org.au
Housing
- Tenants Union of Victoria
- 9416 2577
- www.tuv.org.au/homepage.aspx
- Office of Housing – Victorian State Government
- 1300 650 172
- hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/ooh/ne5ninte.nsf
- St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre
- 10am to 12 midnight - 7 days a week
- 9536 7777
- Toll free
- 1800 627 727
Legal
- Fitzroy Legal Service
- 9419 3744
- www.fitzroy-legal.org.au/
- Legal On-Line
- www.legalonline.vic.gov.au/
- National Welfare Rights Network
- 9416 1111
- www.welfarerights.org.au/centre/melbourne/
- Victoria Legal Aid
- 9269 0234
- www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/
- Youthlaw – Young Peoples' Legal Rights Centre
- 9661 2412
- www.youthlaw.asn.au/Default.htm
Mental Health
- Association of Relatives and Friends of the Emotionally and Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI)
- 9810 9300
- www.arafemi.org.au/index.asp
- Beyond Blue – National Depression Initiative
- 1300 224 636
- www.beyondblue.org.au/
- Life Line - 24-hour telephone counselling
- 131 114
- www.lifeline.org.au
- Mental Health Foundation of Victoria
- 9427 0407
- www.mhfa.org.au/main.htm
- Panic, Anxiety & Depression Assistance (PADA)
- 9886 9400
- www.pada.org.au/index.html
- SANE Helpline – Information & Referral service
- 1800 18 7263
- www.sane.org/
- Suicide Line - Statewide helpline
- 1300 651 251
- www.lifeline.org.au
- Victorian Mental Health Services
- 9096 8592
- www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/services/adult/inurbaneast-a.htm
Money & Credit
- Centrelink Youth & Students Line
- 132 490
- www.centrelink.gov.au
- Consumer Credit Legal Service
- 9602 3326
- www.ccls.org.au/
- Consumer Affairs Victoria
- 1300 558 181
- www.consumer.vic.gov.au
- Carlton/Fitzroy Financial Counselling Service Inc
- 9349 2562