Call Emergency Triple Zero (000) if you or your children are in immediate danger.
24/7 telephone services
You can call these crisis lines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, please call 000 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
- NSW Mental Health Line - 1800 011 511
- Lifeline Australia – 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue – 1300 22 4636
- Mensline Australia – 1300 789 978
- Kids Helpline – 1800 551 800 (for children and young people aged 5 to 25)
- Suicide Call Back Service - 1300 659 467
- 13YARN - 139276
Accessibility and translation support
If you’re deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, you can call these numbers through the National Relay Service. Choose your access option and ask for the relevant number.
For translation and interpreter services, call 13 14 50 and ask the interpreter to phone the relevant number.
Face-to-face services
You can access mental health support by contacting:
- your local General Practitioner (GP)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Mobile Service Centres
- Headspace Centre (for young people aged 12 to 25).
Help in a disaster
Free counselling
To speak with a social worker, call the disaster recovery assistance hotline on 180 22 66.
You may be eligible for free counselling sessions if you have been affected by a declared natural disaster and you have a mental health treatment plan.
Learn more about:
- mental health helplines
- where to get mental health help
- mental health professionals
- mental health care and Medicare
Rural adversity mental health program (RAMHP)
RAMHP can provide support to ensure individuals in flood, drought, or bushfire impacted communities access the right care at the right time.
Beyond Blue
Emerging Minds
Resources to help adults and children, community leaders, educators and healthcare practitioners:
Headspace
Resources for young people affected by a natural disaster include:
Kids Helpline
Kids Helpline has resources dedicated to helping kids deal with natural disasters.