Get help
If you need help right now.
You don’t have to be at breaking point to reach out. These lines are free, confidential, and there for you and the people you love.
In an emergency
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
Police, fire and ambulance. If you’re deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, use the National Relay Service on 106.
Crisis and mental health support
For everyone, 24 hours unless noted.
- 13 11 14
Lifeline
Crisis support and suicide prevention. You can also text 0477 13 11 14.
- 1300 659 467
Suicide Call Back Service
Phone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide.
- 1300 22 4636
Beyond Blue
Support for anxiety, depression and feeling overwhelmed.
- 13 92 76
13YARN
Crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, run by mob, for mob.
- 1800 184 527
QLife
LGBTIQ+ peer support, 3pm to midnight.
- 1800 55 1800
Kids Helpline
For young people aged 5 to 25.
For men
Because a lot of men carry it all and tell no one.
- 1300 78 99 78
MensLine Australia
Counselling for men dealing with stress, relationships, family and mental health. 24 hours.
- 1300 766 491
Men’s Referral Service
If you’re worried about your own anger or behaviour at home and want to change it.
- 1800 600 636
DVConnect Mensline (QLD)
For men in Queensland affected by domestic and family violence.
Domestic, family and sexual violence
Domestic violence isn’t only hitting. It can be someone controlling your money, your phone, who you see and where you go. It can be threats, put-downs, jealousy, being made to feel like you’re the problem, or walking on eggshells so things don’t blow up.
A lot of people don’t call it abuse, because it crept in slowly and they learned to survive it. But your body usually knows before your mind is ready to say it: the knot in your stomach when you hear the car pull in, the scanning, the bracing, the shrinking.
If any of this sounds familiar, for you or someone you care about, you don’t need to be sure before you call. You can just talk it through.
- 1800 737 732
1800RESPECT
National counselling for anyone affected by domestic, family or sexual violence. 24 hours.
- 1800 811 811
DVConnect Womensline (QLD)
For women in Queensland. 24 hours, including crisis accommodation and transport.
- 1800 600 636
DVConnect Mensline (QLD)
For men in Queensland experiencing or using violence.
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