If you require immediate help please contact either Lifeline on 13 11 14 or (if you are under 18 years old) Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800. Both of these services can help you or, if necessary, refer you on to appropriate mental health support networks.

You can find information, research and statistics on suicide and its prevention in Australia, as well as information on support for people affected by suicide by following the links below.

Getting help

• children's mental health
• coping with stress
• depression - an overview
• depression in men
• depression - management and treatment options
• Headroom - The Lounge
• Kids Help Line
• Reachout - a suicide prevention site
• suicide
• suicide and mental illness explained
• wanting to end your life

What can you do?

• if your friend threatens to take their own life
• living with someone experiencing depression
• youth suicide prevention - the warning signs
• youth suicide prevention kit

Support for people affected by suicide

• suicide - family and friends
• support for people affected by suicide
• when someone takes their own life
• working through your grief

Suicide prevention strategies and research

• assessment and management of people at risk of suicide
• National Suicide Prevention Strategy
• suicide prevention research and statistics