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Crisis contacts

In an emergency call 000 or go to your local hospital emergency department.

1300 MH CALL - 1300 642 255

Mental health access line

1300 MH CALL (1300 642 255) is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services to Queenslanders.

1300 MH CALL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will link to the caller’s nearest Queensland Public Mental Health service.

The 1300 MH CALL service:

  • is the main point of access into public mental health services
  • can provide support, information, advice and referral
  • can provide advice and information in a mental health emergency or crisis
  • is staffed by trained and experienced professional mental health clinicians
  • will provide a mental health triage and refer to acute care teams where appropriate.

24/7 crisis services

Lifeline 13 11 14

Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467

Beyond Blue 1300 224 636

MensLine Australia 1300 789 978

Kids Helpline 1800 551 800

1800 Respect 1800 737 732

13 YARN - 13 92 76  -  for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

 

Other support and information services

Queensland Health 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)

Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) 1800 177 833

Counselling online (drug and alcohol) 1800 888 236

Quitline 13 78 48

SANE Australia 1800 18 7263

headspace 1800 650 890

youthbeyondblue 1300 22 46 36

Veterans Support Service 1800 011 046

PANDA (perinatal anxiety and depression) 1300 726 306

Butterfly Foundation (eating disorders) 1800 334 673

Eating Disorders Queensland (07) 3844 6055

QLife (LGBTIQ+) 1800 184 527

Griefline 1300 845 745

Grow Australia (support through peer groups) 1800 558 268