Mental Health
This website assists parents, teachers and young people to assess themselves or those around them to see if they should be concerned with that person and mental health.
Is a website that provides information on Mental Health for young people by young people.
Reach Out can help you by improving your understanding of the issues that relate to your mental health and wellbeing and providing information to better understand other people's experiences.
The website is based on the diaries of four young people as they deal with the challenges of living with mental illness in their families.
This website provides mental and health wellbeing support, information and services to young people and their families across Australia.
Youth Beyond Blue’s all about getting the message out there that it’s okay to talk about depression, and to encourage young people and their family and friends to get help when it’s needed.
This website allows people to learn cognitive behaviour therapy skillsfor preventing and coping with depression
Kids Helpline is a free, 24 hour counselling service for young people aged 5-25 years. Counselling is offered by phone, email and over the web.
The SANE website helps young people understand what people with mental illness are going through, and how they can help themselves.
The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder.
Carers Australia provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail.
Somazone is an Australian website developed by young people for young people. Somazone provides fast, free, anonymous access to quality-assured health information.
This website focuses on The National Drugs Campaign as apart of the National Drug Strategy 2004-2009 and specifically aims to reduce young Australians’ motivation to use illicit drugs by increasing their knowledge about the potential negative consequences of drug use.
OxyGen gives you the whole story about tobacco so you can make your own decisions about smoking. Here you'll find hard facts about the tobacco industry, the truth about smoking myths, comebacks if you get pressured to smoke and lots more.
This website is part of the Australian Government’s continuing efforts to reduce the level of tobacco use among Australians and is aimed directly at smokers, both youth and adults.
This website is dedicated to raising awareness and providing information and support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones.
http://selfharm.org/index.html
This website raises awareness about self-injury and help people who rely on self-injury by providing a safe, friendly message board, ideas for distraction techniques and by inspiring / empowering them to find alternative, healthier coping mechanisms. Our resources include guidance for friends, family, teachers and carers, with downloadable factsheets.