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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

 

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