Resources

In an emergency call 000 or present to your nearest Emergency Department

WA Mental Health Emergency Response Line (MHERL): 1300 555 788

Lifeline: call 13 11 14, text 0477 13 11 14, or chat online at https://www.lifeline.org.au/crisis-chat/

Suicide callback service: 1300 659 467

Comprehensive list of crisis services: https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/mental-health-helplines

Beyond Blue - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Black Dog Institute - https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

Centre for Clinical Interventions (information and self-help resources) - https://cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself

Griefline - 1300 845 745

Head to Health - https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/

Mind Spot (online mental health support) - https://www.mindspot.org.au/

Sane Australia (complex mental health) - https://www.sane.org/

This Way Up (online mental health support) - https://thiswayup.org.au/

Information about the Medicare Better Access Program

Better Access fact sheet – patients | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative under Medicare | APS (psychology.org.au)

Carer gateway - 1800 422 737 or https://www.carergateway.gov.au/

MIND Carer Helpline and information – 1300 554 660 or https://mindaustralia.org.au/support-carers

National Dementia Helpline (24/7 incl. webchat) – 1800 100 500 or https://www.dementia.org.au/get-support/national-dementia-helpline

Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service – 1800 699 799 

ADHD WA - https://www.adhdwa.org/

Additude Magazine (and list of helpful aps) - https://www.additudemag.com/productivity-apps-for-adhd-brains/

Autism Association of WA - https://www.autism.org.au/

Council for Intellectual Disability - https://cid.org.au/

Disability Australia Hub (list of organisations) - https://www.disabilityaustraliahub.com.au/organisations/

Disability Gateway (Aust. Government) - https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/leisure/community

Yellow Ladybugs (For Autistic girls and gender diverse people) - https://www.yellowladybugs.com.au/

Specific Learning Disorders Information - https://psychology.org.au/for-the-public/psychology-topics/understanding-specific-learning-disorders

ARBIAS – (substance use related ABI information books “Looking Forwards” and for Aboriginal people “Our Health Our Way”) - https://www.arbias.org.au/about/resources/

Brain Foundation - https://brainfoundation.org.au/

National Stroke Foundation - https://strokefoundation.org.au/

Multiple Sclerosis WA - https://mswa.org.au/about-mswa

Synapse: Australia’s Brain Injury Organisation - Synapse | Australia's Brain Injury Organisation

Dementia Australia (information, free eLibrary, helpline, newly diagnosed programme, local support groups) -  https://www.dementia.org.au/

Dementia in my family (explaining cognitive changes to under 18s) - https://dementiainmyfamily.org.au/

Start 2 Talk (forward planning in Dementia) - https://www.dementia.org.au/living-dementia/what-next-after-your-diagnosis/planning-ahead

Fronto-Temporal Dementia Toolkit (BvFTD and TvFTD information) - https://ecdc.org.au/ftd-toolkit

FRONTIER Fronto-Temporal Dementia Research Group - https://frontierftd.org/

Parkinson’s WA (information, support groups, nursing interventions) - https://www.parkinsonswa.org.au/

College of Clinical Neuropsychologists - https://groups.psychology.org.au/ccn/about_us/

http://www.neuropsychology.org.au/