Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing
In an emergency, call 000.
Help is available 24/7, anywhere in Australia.
If you need help now, call: Lifeline 13 11 14, Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636.
School, work, friends, family and relationships can impact a young person’s mental health, with 1 in 4 young adults experiencing mental ill-health. Support and guidance is available for how to improve your mental health and wellbeing.
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Managing Stress
Signs of stress and how to manage for pre-teens and teenagers I Raising Children
Be You: Stress Fact Sheets I Beyond Blue
Strategies and study tips for exam stress I ReachOut
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Anxiety and Depression
Issues for young people: I Youth Beyond Blue
Anxiety and depression in men I Better Health
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Self-Harm and Suicide Goals, Boundaries and Self-Care
When someone self-harms, it can be a way to show distress or a sign of an inability to cope with managing difficult emotions, or psychological injury in a healthy way.
Self-harm & teens: signs, causes, help I Raising Children
Warning signs a young person may be considering suicide I Health Direct
Youth suicide and self-harm I Beyond Blue
Self-harm I Head to Health
Coping with self-harm: A guide for parents and carers I Orygen
Suicide prevention and response I Be You (Beyond Blue)