Useful Contacts

Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH) – Crisis Assessment and Treatment Service: 1300 363 746

AMAH Inpatient Unit:

  • Ground Floor Enquiries: 9076 3914
  • Ground Floor Consumers: 9076 5370
  • First Floor Enquiries: 9076 3922
  • First Floor Consumers: 9076 5706

AMAH St Kilda Clinic: 9076 9888

Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service: 8552 0555

Alma Road Continuing Care Unit: 9076 7900

Alfred Health Carer Services: 1800 512 121 8.30am-5pm

Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636

Carer Gateway for emergency respite and after-hours support: 1800 422 737

Carers Victoria: 9396 9500

  • Free Call 1800 514 845

Centrelink Sickness, Disability and Carers: 13 2717

Family Drug Helpline: 1300 660 068

Headspace:  1800 650 890

Health Direct Helpline: 1800 022 222, weekdays 11pm-7.30am, Saturdays from 6pm, all day Sunday and Public Holidays

Health Services Commissioner: 1300 582 113

Inner South Family and Friends: 9076 4722

Kids Helpline 1800 551 800  www.kidshelpline.com.au/

Lifeline 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/get-help-home

Lifeline Text Service 6pm to midnight: 0477 13 11 14

Mensline Australia 1300 789 978 – 24/7 is a national telephone support service for men with family or relationship concerns.  www.mensline.org.au

Mental Health Complaints Commissioner: 1800 246 054

Mental Health Tribunal: 9032 3200, 1800 242 703

National Mental Health Carer Helpline: 1300 554 660

Nurse on Call: 1300 606 024

Office of the Chief Psychiatrist: 9096 7571, 1300 650 172

Psychotropic Drugs Advisory Service: 9076 8036, PDAS@alfred.org.au

QLife LGBTI peer support and referral: 1800 184 527 or chat online 3pm- 12 midnight

SANE Australia: 1800 187 263 M-F 10am-10pm

StarHealth: 9525 1300 starhealth.org.au

SuicideLine: 1300 651 251

Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467

Tandem Support and Referral Line: 1800 314 325

Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) National: 131 450
https://www.tisnational.gov.au/en/Agencies/Forms-for-agencies/New-Job-booking-form

Wellways: 1300 111 400

  • Help line 1300 111 500

http://1800respect.org.au family violence: 1800 737 732