Useful Links
Online information provides information and ideas about some of the common issues and illnesses that students either present with, or have questions about.
Information on websites is not a substitute for face-to-face counselling. If you have doubts or are worried about what is happening in your life, please make an appointment to see a counsellor.
Do not self-diagnose after reading information on websites!
- Are you experiencing anxiety?
- Are you experiencing depression?
- Are you being hurt by someone who is supposed to care for you?
- Are you having problems with an Eating Disorder?
- Are you wanting help with Gambling?
- Are you having difficulties in your relationship?
- Are you in a Gay or Lesbian Relationship?
- Do you need information about staying healthy in your sexual relationships?
- Has someone close to you died?
- Are you wanting to know about how you can stay Healthy?
- Do you need information about the law?
- Are you living with an Illness?
- Do you or someone close to you have a Mental Illness?
- Do you want to develop skills to manage your mood (online)?
- Do you have a Psychotic illness?
- Are you trying to manage thoughts of Self-harm?
- Are you having trouble sleeping?
- Are you feeling stressed?
- Are you struggling with your use of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs?
- Are you or is someone you know feeling suicidal?
- Sites that are young people friendly
- Virtual pamphlet collection
Are you experiencing anxiety?
A useful Australian site based at St. Vincent's Hospital with clear and accessible information about anxiety.
A helpful site with clear information and practical strategies to challenge a range of anxiety related symptoms.
Are you experiencing depression?
The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community orientated facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder.
A WA Health Dept site based on current evidence supported practice which provides information about depression and strategies for managing your mood.
Mood Gym aims to help you identify and overcome problem emotions and show you how to develop good coping skills for the future.
myCompass is an interactive self-help service that aims to promote resilience and wellbeing for all Australians. You can track your moods, write about them and view information and tips. You can also choose to do one of the modules designed to help you manage mild to moderate stress, anxiety and depression.
Are you being hurt by someone who is supposed to care for you?
The NSW Department of Community Services website explains what domestic violence is and provides information on getting support.
Domestic Violence Advocacy Service
This site provides legal information for women experiencing domestic violence. It also provides the information in a variety of different lanaguages.
A site for young people about abuse in families.
A New Zealand site which provides online support for women who have mental health or drug and alcohol problems as a result of domestic violence. It is also available for women in Australia.
Are you having problems with an Eating Disorder?
Recover Your Life is a UK based website and provides information, advice, tips and support on all types of Eating Disorder. Please be aware that in this web link you will not find any Pro Anorexia Tips or links to Pro Anorexia Websites - it is for recovery only.
Are you wanting help with Gambling?
Find information and tools to help you take steps towards managing your gambling.
Wesley Gambling Counselling Services
Information for gamblers and their families
If gambling is causing you problems.
Are you having difficulties in your relationship?
Family Relationships onlineFamily relationship information about couples and separation.
A guide to love, respect and abuse in relationships.
Are you in a Gay or Lesbian Relationship?
Gay & Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW
A volunteer based community service providing free, anonymous and confidential telephone counselling, information & referral services and support groups for gay men, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons (GLBT) throughout New South Wales (NSW) on sexuality and life issues.
Gay,lesbian, bisexual and transgender support for young people who are having problems at home or have become homeless
Support group for parents of gay, lesbian,bisexual, transgender, intersexual, queer people.
NSW's and Australia's largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) health and HIV/AIDS organisation, whose mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of the GLBT community and people with HIV, and reduce HIV transmission.
Do you need information about staying healthy in your sexual relationships?
FPA HealthInformation about reproductive and sexual health.
Has someone close to you died?
GRIEFLinkThis is a South Australian website sponsored by NALAG, the University of Adelaide and the Department of Human Services and provides information on grief associated with death.
National Association for Loss and Grief
Are you wanting to know about how you can stay healthy?
Somazone is a website that was developed by young people for young people. Somazone provides fast, free, anonymous access to quality assured information.
Australian government website with information about health.
Do you need information about the law?
Contains a number of links to legal information related to NSW.
Legal information and assistance services to help you with your legal issues (in a range of community languages)
The University of Newcastle Legal CentreFree legal advice and information.
LawStuffSpecifically for young people check out their legal rights.
Are you living with an Illness?
Living with a chronic illness and trying to balance healthy living and fun (for young women).
Do you or someone close to you have a Mental Illness?
Provides information about risk factors, tips on effective coping, & identifying warning signs. Developed for young people from 10 to 24 years of age.
Mental Health Association NSW IncProvides information about protecting mental health and mutual support.
ARAFMI NSW Inc provides support and advocacy for families and friends with mental illness or disorder.
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc works to improve the circumstances and welfare of people living with serious mental illness, their carers and relatives and aims to promote a society in which people with mental illness are valued and treated as equals.
Children of Parents with a Mental Illness.
National Institute of Mental Health
Beyond Blue offers great resources for those experiencing anxiety of depressive disorders.
http://www.grow.net.au/ offers peer supported programs for growth and personal development for those experiencing mental illness.
Do you want to develop skills to manage your mood (online)?
Cognitive behavioural therapy that is delivered online to help prevent depression.
Cognitive behavioural therapy that is delivered online. Focuses on life skills.
Provides information about emotional problems - what causes them, how to prevent them and how to treat them.
Finding Optimism - A useful mood monitoring tool
Do you have a psychotic illness?
Information and support for all aspects of mental illness – good downloadable information sheets.
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC)
EPPIC is a specialist early psychosis clinical program within ORYGEN Youth Health (a specialist youth mental health service in Victoria). This site has good downloadable information sheets on psychosis.
Head Space - Australia's National Youth Mental health Foundation
Mind - Provides high-quality information and advide, and campaigning to promote
and protect good mental health for everyone.
Are you trying to manage thoughts of Self-harm?
Recover Your Life can be the stepping stone to getting through your self harm.Are you having trouble sleeping?
Are you feeling stressed?
How to survive Unbearable Stress
Focuses on the medical basis of stress, depression, anxiety, sleep problems and drug use.
Understanding Stress and some basic tips for managing to reduce stress.
Are you struggling with your use of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs?
Australian National Tobacco Campaign
Information and advice on quitting smoking.
Free advice to help you quit smoking from Cancer Council Victoria
Australian Drug Information Network
Information about drug and alcohol services.
Good source of factual information on most types of illicit drugs.
This is a service where you chat online with a "live" professional counsellor about an alcohol or drug related concern. Free, text-based, confidential support and referral, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
A web-based self-change program.
Alcohol Self Assessment E-ChugThis web-based assessment is an online questionaire to help gain insight into the effects of drinking patterns on your health. This questionaire will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and is anonymous and confidential.
Are you or is someone you know feeling suicidal?
Suicide: We can all make a difference
Care and Support pack for families and friends bereaved by suicide.
Sites that are young people friendly
This is a site for young people associated with Beyond Blue that focuses on youth depression awareness and prevention.
Reach Out! is designed to give support to Australian young people who are depressed/suicidal or affected by suicide of a loved one. Includes on line chat and peer support. Also includes an "issues" section that holds info relevant to most young adults including those at uni.
A site for young people about abuse in families.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender support for young people who are having problems at home or have become homeless.
Somazone is a website that was developed by young people for young people. Somazone provides fast, free, anonymous access to quality assured information.
Specifically for young people check out their legal rights.
Virtual pamphlet collection
For further information on common concerns that people who are studying experience (from the University of Chicago).
