REFERRALS FOR BROS
MENTAL HEALTH, CRISIS SUPPORT, AND SUBSTANCE USE
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
QUEENSLAND,
AUSTRALIA
Male-specific mental health services available.*
AUSTRALIA
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MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
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EMERGENCY
Tel: 000 (24 hours 7 days a week)
In an emergency (suicide threat, ambulance, police support) call 000 or visit your local emergency department.
Lifeline
Tel: 13 11 14 (24 hours 7 days a week)
Online chat: 7pm-4am, daily
Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. We're committed to empowering Australians to be suicide-safe through connection, compassion and hope. If you are experiencing a personal crisis, our dedicated crisis support volunteers are here for you 24/7.
Suicide Call Back Service
Tel: 1300 659 467 (24 hours 7 days a week)
Suicide Call Back Service is a nationwide service for people who are suicidal, caring for someone who is suicidal, people bereaved by suicide, or health professionals supporting people affected by suicide. This service provides immediate telephone counselling and support in crises. They can provide up to 6 further telephone counselling sessions with the same counsellor scheduled at times best suited to your needs.
1300 789 978 (24 hours 7 days a week)
With MensLine Australia’s online counselling, you can access free professional support, no matter where you are in Australia. Their qualified counsellors specialise in men dealing with family and relationship issues, including relationship breakdown, separation and divorce, parenting, family violence, suicide prevention and emotional well-being.
Tel: 1300 224 636 (24 hours 7 days a week)
Beyondblue is a 24/7 telephone support helpline to listen, provide information and advice, and point you in the right direction so you can seek further support for the cost of a local call (could be more from mobiles). All calls and chats are one-on-one with a trained mental health professional, and completely confidential. Although we may ask for your first name and some general details, you can let us know if you’d like to remain anonymous.
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13 92 76 (24 hours 7 days a week)
13YARN [Thirteen YARN] is the first national crisis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping. We offer a confidential one-on-one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter who can provide crisis support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 13YARN empowers our community with the opportunity to yarn without judgement and provide a culturally safe space to speak about their needs, worries or concerns.
To access a list of GPs in Australia, visit: www.healthdirect.gov.au/australian-health-services
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GP2U is a virtual practice that allows you to access a doctor from anywhere in Australia. To make an appointment either book online or on the app, however Medicare does not currently provide rebates for these services so it will cost you between $70 and $90 for an appointment. You can pick up any prescriptions from your chosen pharmacy and you also ask for the results to be sent to your regular doctor.
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To access a list of psychologists, visit the Australian Psychological Society: www.psychology.org.au/Find-a-Psychologist
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PSYCH2U is a virtual practice that allows you to access a psychologist or psychiatrist from anywhere in Australia. Those in rural locations will be bulk billed, however there are some criteria depending on your location. For psychologists you are only eligible to be bulk billed if you are in a remote area but for psychiatrists you are eligible to be bulked billed in all rural and remote areas. To make an appointment, you will need a GP referral.
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To access a list of psychiatrists, visit the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists: www.yourhealthinmind.org/find-a-psychiatrist
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Call to Mind is a virtual practice that allows you to access a psychiatrist from anywhere in Australia. The team comprises many different psychiatrists, including an Aboriginal man, and is suitable for those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Those in rural and remote areas will be bulk billed. To make an appointment, you will need a referral from a GP.
Tel: 1800 022 222
HealthDirect is a government-funded service, providing quality, approved health information and advice (general health information and advice.
Tel: 1300 111 400 (Monday - Friday 9am to 9pm AEST)
Wellways offers a wide range of individually tailored services designed to support people affected by mental health issues or disability, as well as their families, friends and carers. Our experienced, local staff will help you take charge of your wellbeing, connect with others and participate in your community.
Tel: 1800 187 263
SANE Australia is a national mental health charity working to support four million Australians affected by complex mental illness including schizophrenia, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and severe depression and anxiety. SANE’s work includes mental health awareness, online peer support and information, stigma reduction, specialist helpline support, research and advocacy.
Dads In Distress (Parents Beyond Breakup)*
Tel: (02) 6652 8113 or 1300 853 437
Available 24/7 (Sometimes subject to volunteer availability)
Remote support Available during office hours (09:00-17:00, Mon-Sat AEST)
In 2019, Dads In Distress Support groups will be celebrating their 20th year, with 16 weekly groups meeting all over the country, run by trained volunteers and supported by a national telephone helpline and online support. Our peer support groups give separated dads social connection, emotional support and practical guidance to help navigate the distressing world of family breakdown. We cannot fix the issues that separated fathers experience, but we can and do build their personal resilience and empower them to find optimal ways to deal with their challenging circumstances.
Survivors & Mates Support Network (SAMSN)*
Tel: Helpline 1800 472 676 Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (AEST)
Survivors & Mates Support Network (SAMSN) is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase public awareness of the effects that childhood sexual abuse can have on men in their adult lives. SAMSN employs psychologists and social workers who have experience working with male survivors to facilitate support groups for men and their families and supporters. Any man who has suffered from the effects of child sexual assault should know it was not his fault and that healing and recovery is possible. Regardless of his ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or religion any man can contact SAMSN for support.
Tel: 1800 184 527 (3pm to 12am)
If you identify as gay, bisexual or transgender, QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.
Tel: 1800 650 890 (seven days a week from 9am to 1am AEST)
headspace Centres act as a one-stop-shop for young people who are 12-25 years old who need help with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drugs or work and study support. You can find a centre near you across Australia.
Tel: 1300 224 636 (12-25 year olds)
This website has been established to provide information about anxiety, depression and suicide to young people in Australia aged 12–25. The website is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. You should seek the advice of an appropriately qualified healthcare professional (preferably along with your parent or guardian if you are under 16 years of age) before making decisions about your own circumstances.
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Open Arms (formerly Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service)
Tel: 1800 011 046
Open Arms provides counselling and group programs to Australian veterans and peacekeepers and their families and is run by qualified psychologists or social workers. Visit the website for more information about mental health and online resources.
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General enquiries please call: 1300 620 380
Soldier On’s mission is to work side by side with those who serve and protect Australia, and their families, helpinging them to secure their future. Their services aim to HELP individuals build resilience and create, and expand meaningful connections with family, community and employers through our Health and Wellbeing services, Employment programs, Learning opportunities, and Participation activities. In order to achieve this mission, Soldier On has a team of amazing staff who dedicate their time to delivering services directly to serving those who have served, and their families. They have centres in the ACT, Concord NSW, Parkville VIC and offices in Perth WA, Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Newcastle NSW, and Albury NSW. Their volunteer network and the generosity of the community allows for activities and events to be held across the nation and support many Defence personnel, contemporary veterans, and families outside of city areas.
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myCompass is a free online self-help program for people with mild to moderate depression, anxiety and stress. It’s also appropriate for people who simply want to build good mental health. Its core features include fourteen different interactive learning activities and a lifestyle tracking feature to help users better understand themselves and learn strategies to improve their mental health. The myCompass lifestyle tracking feature allows users to track their thoughts, feelings and behaviours and provides graphical feedback to help them recognise unhelpful patterns and possible triggers. The learning activities deliver proven psychological techniques used by doctors and psychologists such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). myCompass is developed by The Black Dog Institute.
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HeadGear is an app designed by mental health experts to help men connect with their values and cope better with stress. The prevalence of depression and anxiety among Australians is high and often goes unrecognised, in particular, among men, in male dominated industries.The HeadGear smartphone application provides workers with a simple, engaging and anonymous way to assess and monitor their mental health. The app assesses individuals’ risk for future mental health issues and guide users through a tailored 30-day mental health challenge that aims to increase wellbeing and reduce their risk of future mental health problems.
QUEENSLAND (Brisbane and Regional/Rural)
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MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
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Tel: 1300 MH CALL (1300 642255)
Mental Health Access Line is a confidential mental health telephone triage service for Queenslanders that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services.
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13 HEALTH—Health advice over the phone
Tel: 13 43 25 84 (13 HEALTH)
13 HEALTH is a confidential phone service that provides health advice to Queenslanders. You can phone and talk to a registered nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the cost of a local call.
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Anti-Discrimination Commission (ADC)
Tel: 1300 130 670
Contact the ADC if you've been sexually harrassed or discriminated against in employment, education and many other areas.
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Tel: 1300 642 111
MIC helps to deliver better mental health and wellbeing outcomes for construction workers across New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia building and construction industry. The MATES program is an integrated program of training and support. The MATES program uses training as tool to raise awareness that there is a problem with suicide and its contributing risk factors in our industry and we can all be part of the solution. The support is then provided through clear pathways to help, case management processes that ensure that workers in need of support are connected to appropriate help, and on-site visits by field officers to support the site and its workers in an ongoing presence until the site closes.
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Mens Wellbeing Association Qld Inc
Tel: 1300 13 88 50
MWA Qld is a Not for Profit community association of everyday men supporting each other in our quest for wellbeing – for ourselves and those we care about.
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Tel: 1300 364 277 Mon-Fri 8am-8pm / Sat 10am-4pm
The Spring Hill Branch of Relationships Australia (Qld) provides a variety of services including relationship counselling (to both individuals, couples or families) and educational programs. For men, a 15 week program “Alternatives to Aggression” is available to men who have used violent or abusive behaviour toward their female partner. The Branch also provides a free gambling help service as well as a free gambling related financial counselling service.
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SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT
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Alcohol and Drug Information Services
ADIS is a free, 24/7 anonymous and confidential telephone information, counselling and referral service for anyone concerned about their own or someone else’s alcohol or other drug use, including help to find appropriate treatment services.
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Alcoholics Anonymous Australia
Tel: 1300 222 222
​A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
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Drug & Alcohol Services
Tel: 1800 692 273
If you’re aged over 18 years and would like help to recover from problems with alcohol or drugs, we can help with a live-in detox program and six live-in recovery services.
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Opioid Treatment Line
Tel: 1800 642 428
This telephone helpline provides opiate pharmacotherapy information (including methadone and buprenorphine), referrals, advice and a forum for pharmacotherapy concerns. Open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.00pm.
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Counselling Online
Tel: 1800 177 833 (QLD Regional) / (07) 3837 5989 (QLD Metropolitan)
Operated by Turning Point in Victoria and funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Counselling Online provides assistance to Australian residents concerned about alcohol & other drugs. Our primary service is online text-based counselling for people concerned about their own drinking or drug use. The service is equally available to people concerned about a family member, relative or friend. Our service also provides:
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tools such as self-assessments and self-help modules
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an SMS service to keep you focused and on track
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an online community forum to connect you with peers for support.
Counselling Online services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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CRISIS CARE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT
DVconnect Mensline (Domestic Violence Connect Mensline Queensland
Tel: 1800 600 636 between 9am - midnight, 7 days
DVConnect Mensline is a free, confidential telephone crisis counselling, referral and support service for men living in Queensland. This service is available 9am until midnight, 7 days a week. In the last financial year, DVConnect’s Mensline received almost 15,000 phone calls and referrals. DVConnect’s Mensline Queensland offers counselling, referral and support for:
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Men who are experiencing domestic and family violence
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Men who are using violence in their relationships
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Tel: 1300 766 491 (24 hours – NSW & Tas / 8am-9pm weekdays & 9am-6pm weekends – all other states)
Live web chat - 8am-9pm weekdays
No to Violence (NTV) provides the Men's Referral Service: an anonymous and confidential telephone service for men. It provides a central point of contact for men who are wanting to stop their violent or abusive behaviour towards their family members, but are not sure how or where to go for advice.​
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Tel: 1300 VINNIES or 13 18 12 and we will direct your call.
The St Vincent de Paul Society provides a helping hand to many West Australians through food assistance, material aid, budget advice, shelter, advocacy, friendship and support.
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Tel: 1300 940 176
Wesley Mission Brisbane is an outreach of the Albert Street Uniting Church, is one of Brisbane’s longest-established welfare ministries. It provides care and comfort and support to thousands of men, women and children through a network of Aged Care facilities and community services throughout the greater Brisbane region.They provide crisis support and Emergency Relief (ER).
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Acute Care Team (ACT)
Tel: 1300 MH CALL (1300 64 2255)
The Acute Care Team are the first point of contact to public mental health services 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Following triage, they facilitate the most appropriate type of care - inpatient, community or crisis interventions. Services provided include:
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Facilitation of 24-hour, 7 days a week access to the most appropriate mental health care.
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Provision of a centralised coordinated triage component to the mental health service.
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Timely comprehensive assessment and clinical interventions that lead to initial recovery planning, including relapse prevention and implementation for community consumers presenting with acute mental health needs.
OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES (Including men's health)
Australian Men's Health Forum*
Tel: 0419 319140
The Australian Men’s Health Forum is the peak body for men’s health in Australia. They are an alliance of organisations, service providers, plus individual men and women, actively engaged and interested in addressing the physical, psychological, emotional, intellectual, educational, social, spiritual, sexual and relationship needs of men and boys in Australia
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Tel: 1300 550 009
MSWA recognises a men’s shed as any community-based, non-profit, non-commercial organisation that is accessible to all men and whose primary activity is the provision of a safe, friendly and welcoming environment where men are able to work on meaningful projects at their own pace in their own time in the company of other men. A major objective is to advance the health and wellbeing of their male members and to encourage social inclusion.
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Healthy Male (formerly Andrology Australia)*
General enquiries: 1300 303 878
Healthy Male (previously known as Andrology Australia) is a national organisation that provides easy access to the latest scientific and medical research on male reproductive and sexual health. Our aim is to make this information available to everybody, regardless of gender, age, education, religion or ethnicity. To do this, we collaborate with Australia’s leading researchers, specialists, clinicians and educators to develop information that fills the gaps in men’s health.
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Male Health (Spanner In The Works)*
“Spanner in the Works?” provides you with a maintenance schedule for your body, and some key health messages in a way that’s understandable and achievable. It’s not about telling you what to do but sets out some things that you can do (or not do) to improve your health and your chances of a longer, and happier life. Often, minor adjustments can have a major impact on your health, your relationships with loved ones, your friends and your work. Most importantly, we want you to put yourself over the pits each year by getting a full health check through your GP. (Website: https://malehealth.org.au)
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Men’s Health Australia*
Australia’s primary source of information about the social and psychological wellbeing of men and boys. We provide news, commentary, articles, links and information about events, services, resources and newsletters covering a wide range of topics and issues of relevance to men and boys from newspapers, magazines, websites, books, journals, practitioners and institutions. Our mythbusters section critiques inaccurate, biased and stereotypical reports about men, boys and gender issues, and encourages factual reporting in stories concerning males. (Website: http://www.menshealthaustralia.net)
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Movember Australia*
Started in Australia in 2003, the Movember foundation has grown to fund more than 1,200 men’s health initiatives across 21 countries. We’re the leading charity changing the face of men’s health. We’re addressing some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention. Visit their site and check some of the health promotion information available. (Website: https://au.movember.com)
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Foundation 49: Men’s Health is a not-for-profit Men’s Health Promotion initiative of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, and promotes good health and wellbeing with a primary focus on prevention and early detection and by encouraging regular health checks. Its goal is to help Australian men to live longer and healthier lives through public awareness raising and the provision of information and resources furthering their health knowledge, and encouraging them to have a regular health check. Click on the link: http://www.49.com.au and check them out.
Significant health problems such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, infertility, colon cancer and depression, could be detected and treated more effectively if men’s awareness of these problems was greater. By taking control of your own health, you can catch small issues before they become big problems. Click on the link https://www.mantest.com.au
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SMS4Dads
SMS4dads program is a free SMS support service and we’re aiming to involve up to 300 expectant dads. If your partner is between 20 weeks and 36 weeks pregnant and you are interested in being part of the project – ENROL NOW. To participate in the program, you will need to be over18 years old and have a mobile phone capable of receiving and sending text messages.
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HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies)*
HALT was founded by Jeremy Forbes and Catherine Pilgrim. It aims to remind tradies they are valued by their community, and direct them to support services, both local and national, should they need them. HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies) works in conjunction with communities to host ‘SAVE YOUR BACON’ brekkies. The ‘SAVE YOUR BACON’ brekkies have travelled across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. At last count, HALT had held over 200 ‘Save your Bacon’ events in hardware stores, TAFEs, sporting clubs, secondary colleges, Men’s Sheds, the farming and mining communities, corporations and private businesses. Click on the link to visit the site: http://thehaltbrekky.com
Tomorrow Man*
Tomorrow Man, created by Tom Harkin, facilitate workshops for boys and parents in schools, and, men in sporting clubs, workplaces and communities. We explore how we can look after ourselves, our mates and families better while carving out our own version of the Aussie man. It’s time we got in a room to have a no holds barred conversation about the state of man; face the stats and create room to break the stereotype. Click on the link to visit the site: https://www.tomorrowman.com.au
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Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National)
Tel: 131 450
If English is not your first language, you can get free translation support through Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National).
National Relay Services: Speech or hearing difficulties.
If you have speech or hearing difficulties you can contact us by phone through the National Relay Service.
Workplace Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Australian work, health and safety legislation requires employers to ensure workplaces are safe and healthy for all workers. Employers also have an ethical responsibility to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of their employees. EAPs assist organisations and managers to meet their obligations under the Work Health & Safety Act 2011, particularly:
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protecting workers against harm to health (including mental health), safety and welfare through the elimination or minimisation of risks arising from work
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providing fair and effective workplace representation, consultation, cooperation and issue resolution in relation to work health and safety
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taking a constructive role in promoting improvements in work health and safety practices and achieving a healthier and safer working environment
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promoting the provision of advice, information, education and training in relation to work health and safety
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providing a framework for continuous improvement and progressively higher standards of work health and safety.
Check with your employer if the organisation offers EAP, so you can access support and counselling for free, in accordance to its package.