Resources and information to support mental health carers and family members.
Looking for more information about mental health services? We have listed below some sites you may find useful.
If you know of any other resources we should add, please contact us.
In an emergency call 000 or go to your local hospital emergency department.
1300 MH CALL – 1300 642 255
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:
Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467
Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36
MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800
1800 Respect 1800 737 732
DV Connect (Domestic Violence 24hr helpline) 1800 811 811
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service
Address: 55 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
Phone: ( 07) 3240 8900
Website: Health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – ATSICHS (atsichsbrisbane.org.au)
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
Address: 22 Cox Road, Windsor, 4030
Phone: 07 38283600
Website: Institute for Urban Indigenous Health – iuih.org.au
Email: reception@iuih.org.au
Gallang Place (Counselling)
Address: 57 Southgate Avenue, Cannon Hill, QLD, 4150
Phone: 07 38995041
Website: Gallang Place
Email: reception@gallangplace.org.au
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
Address: 36 Russell Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101
Phone: (07) 3328 8500
Email: communications@qaihc.com.au
Website: QAIHC – Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
Metro South Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Woolloongabba Community Health Centre
Level 2, 228 Logan Road
Woolloongabba QLD 4102
Phone: (07) 3317 1234
Toll free phone: 1800 188 189 (outside Brisbane)
Website: Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Queensland Health
Link to contact details of mental health coordinators throughout QLD:
Multicultural Mental Health Co-ordinators Contact Details – Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services
Referral form: tccs-referral-form.pdf (health.qld.gov.au)
World Wellness Centre
This centre in offers a support service for anyone from a multicultural background in Queensland regardless of visa status. They provide a support service phone line with relevant language support and information and referral services that are local to the client. They can also refer to internal face to face support in their Culture in Mind counselling program (though there is a long wait list).
Phone: Multicultural Connect Line (9.30am-4.30pm): 1300 079 020
Website: About The Helpline – World Wellness Group
Multilink
Multilink Community Services provide a variety of support and settlement services for multicultural and refugee clients.
Address: 38 Blackwood Road, Logan Central Qld 4114
Phone: (07) 3808 4463
Website: Multilink | Challenging Boundaries Together
ARMIA:
Address: 140 Mains Road, Sunnybank, Brisbane 4109
Phone: (07) 3344 1149
Email: admin@armia.com.au
Website: Home – (armia.com.au)
Multicultural Health (northside):
Website: Multicultural health – Brisbane North PHN
AMPARO Advocacy (CALD clients with a disability)
Address: Building 1, Level 2, 53 Prospect Rd, Gaythorne
Phone: (07) 07 3354 4900
Email: info@amparo.org.au
QPASTT (Refugee and Asylum Seekers Counselling services) 28 Dibley Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 (+ regional locations)
Phone: 07 3391 6677
Email for all offices: admin@qpastt.org.au
Website: Home | qpastt.org.au | The Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture & Trauma
The Disability Gateway has information and services to help people with disability, their family, friends and carers, to find the support they need in Australia.
Wayfinder Hub National disability information and referral service that will helps link people with disability services.
My Mental Health site is an initiative of North Brisbane Partners in Recovery and was developed by Brisbane North PHN and Brightlabs.
Find a Mental Health Service allows you to search for mental health services by postcode and also lists a variety of helpful websites.
My Community Directory (Website)
Sane Lived Experience Forum (Website)
Sane Carer Discussion Forum (Website)
Australian Psychological Society | APS (Website) Search for registered psychologists
Arafmi would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and Traditional Custodians. We value their cultures, identities, and continuing connection to country, waters, kin and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and are committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.