My Compass – An interactive self-help app from The Black Dog Institute where you can track your moods and build resilience
Head to Health – A website by the Australian Department of Health that aims to help people find good mental health and wellbeing information, resources, and links to online and phone mental health services
Centre for Clinical Interventions – Offers a range of modules that provide information on common mental health issues and practical strategies to manage these
Mindspot – A free, government-funded program that provides online assessment and treatment courses and can also help you find local services
Reach out – Australia’s leading online mental health and wellbeing organisation for young people and their parents. The website offers practical support, tools and tips to help young people get through anything from everyday issues, tough times, mental health issues, relationships, identity, wellbeing or helping others
Headspace – National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year-olds
Mental Health Online – Provides free comprehensive services and programs to support your mental health. It can help you understand and address your mental health needs through self-assessment, self-help and online professional support
Medical Hub @ RMIT – General Practitioners at RMIT City campus who can administer a holistic assessment of the mental and physical sides of your mental health condition. GPs can also provide you with a referral to see a psychiatrist, generalist and clinical psychologist, counsellor, or mental health clinician
Suicide Call Back Service – Provides free nationwide professional telephone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide
Lifeline – Provides support for those experiencing emotional distress with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services
Beyond Blue – Provides information and support for depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention. The website contains information, resources, and services for depression
Apps
Smiling Mind Meditation – Can help those experiencing stress or anxiety with meditations to help you slow down your thoughts and relax
Mood Kit – Can improve your mood and manage negative feelings. Allows users to rate and chart your mood, keep a journal and provides mental health tips
ACT Companion – Helps you to let go of depressive thoughts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
MoodGYM – Online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program designed to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety
MindSpot – Free government-funded program that provides online assessment and treatment courses and can also help you to find local services
MyCompass – Interactive self-help app from The Black Dog Institute where you can track your moods and build resilience. More Black Dog tools and apps can be found here
Switchboard – National telephone and web counselling, information, and referral service for LGBTIQ+ identifying people or families, friends, teachers, and co-workers of LGBTIQ+ people
VincentCare – Information about groups, organisations and services that provide information and support to LGBTIQ+ people
Neurodiversity Hub – a wide number of resources created or curated for use by neurodivergent students, their parents and carers, employers, and universities
Amaze – the peak body for autistic people and their supporters in Victoria
1800 Respect – National sexual assault, domestic/family violence counselling service providing confidential information and support
No to Violence Men’s Referral Service – Telephone counselling, information and referral service and is the central point of contact for men taking responsibility for their violent behaviour
Grief Line – Anonymous support and specialist grief counselling to individuals and families
Direct Line – Confidential alcohol and drug counselling and referral service, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Gamblers Help – Phone support for anyone affected by gambling, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Gamblers Help Online – Free confidential online support for anyone affected by gambling
Eating Disorders Victoria – Connects Victorians who are affected by eating disorders with the services, people and hope they need for recovery
Butterfly Foundation – Support for all Australians impacted by eating disorders and body image issues, and for the families, friends and communities who support them
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
