USEFUL LINKS
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+ SUICIDE PREVENTION
Suicide Helpline
Phone: 13 11 14
Community mental health triage team
Phone: 13 14 65
Information on how to manage and get treatment for suicidal thoughts
+ DEPRESSION
Black Dog Institute
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
Headspace
Bipolar Australia
http://www.bipolaraustralia.org.au
+ ANXIETY
Beyond Blue
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/anxiety
Way Ahead
http://understandinganxiety.wayahead.org.au/
+ DISABILITY SERVICES AND INFORMATION LINKS
Autism
Down Syndrome
Intellectual Disability
http://www.idasa.org.au/proud.html
GPs with an interest in disability
http://www.acgp.com.au/index.php/our-team/95-dr-jill-maxwell
https://www.hotdoc.com.au/medical-centres/glenelg-SA-5045/partridge-street-general-practice/doctors
Disability sports and recreation
http://ors.sa.gov.au/sport_and_recreation/inclusion/people_with_disability
+ NDIS
NDIS Page
https://www.ndis.gov.au/index.html
Accessing the NDIS
https://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/accessNDIS.html
NDIS participant factsheets
https://www.ndis.gov.au/people-disability/fact-sheets-and-publications.html#participant
+ CARER SUPPORTS AND INFORMATION
Carers Australia
The latest information, research, policies and services for people caring for someone with an illness or disability, including mental illness.
Carer Gateway
Carer Gateway is a national online and phone service that provides practical information and resources to support carers. The interactive service finder helps carers connect to local support services.
https://www.carergateway.gov.au
+ GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND SUPPORTS
Sane Australia
Black Dog Institute
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
Headspace
Bipolar Australia
http://www.bipolaraustralia.org.au
The National Association for Loss and Grief
Post and Antenatal Depression Association Inc (PaNDa)
Australian Psychological Society (APS)
https://www.psychology.org.au/
+ LGBTI MENTAL HEALTH
National LGBTI Health Alliance
Early intervention, peer support and phone and web based services for all ages
+ SLEEP
Information about better sleep
Information about adolescent sleep
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/teenagers-and-sleep
+ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A confidential counselling and information service
https://www.1800respect.org.au/
A page with links to domestic violence contacts
https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/find-help/domestic-violence-hotlines/
+ ADVOCACY AND CONSUMER RIGHTS
Provide disability information & advocacy support to individuals, families, carers & communities
Disability Rights Advocacy Service
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) provides links to multiple advocacy and support organisation
http://www.afdo.org.au/5543.aspx
South Australian Ombudsman
http://www.ombudsman.sa.gov.au/
Advocacy and information for health consumers