Mental health skills

Support and guidance for young people experiencing mental health issues.

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Learn skills to manage your mental health

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Look after yourself on social media

The Australian Government eSafety Commissioner has valuable advice for staying safe in the digital age.
 

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Why healthy sleep matters

Poor sleep is extremely damaging to our mental and physical health. Find out more about sleep and how you can improve it on Healthdirect.

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Understanding stress

Stress and burnout can negatively affect your mental health. Understanding stress and finding healthy ways to manage stress will help you cope with new pressures and responsibilities.

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Get a mental health treatment plan

A mental health treatment plan is available to people who are diagnosed with a mental health condition. It helps to cover the costs of up to 10 individual sessions of mental health treatment each year.

Find out more

Not sure where to start?

eheadspace provides free online and telephone support counselling to young people.

Help someone else

Visit Beyond Blue and learn how you can help a friend who is struggling with their mental health.

Mental health issues

Beyond Blue have a resource outlining signs and symptoms, treatments and how to get support.

Services that can help

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Headspace

Headspace can help young people aged 12-25 with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drug services, and work and study support.

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Kids Helpline

Kids helpline can help young people aged 5 to 25, available free 24/7. Help with life issues, mental health and relationships and sex.

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Twenty 10

Find a broad range of support services for young LGBTIQA+ people in NSW including housing and mental health and counselling.

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Wellmob

Social, emotional and cultural wellbeing online resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. 

Visit Wellmob
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Are you homeless?

Link2home is the statewide homelessness information and referral telephone service. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

Access Link2Home for support services

Related topics

Common relationship issues

Learn about everything from consent to examples of safe behaviour in a relationship.

Bullying

Kidshelpline helps you understand the types of bullying that occurs and the help available.

How to respond to cyberbullying

What you can do and what parents can do to help.

Managing money

Money can be common issue that causes mental health concerns, learn how to spend and save.

Exam stress help

Learn coping strategies, study tips and hear from the experiences of others at Reachout.

Physical health skills

Information and advice about finding and accessing free or low cost health services, making appointments, and looking after yourself.

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Find support services nearby using Ask Izzy

Ask Izzy connects people in need with housing, a meal, money help, family violence support, counselling, drugs and alcohol support services and much more. It is a free and anonymous service.

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