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Suicide Call Back Service provides phone and online counselling for anyone struggling with their mental health including anxiety, depression, feeling low, stressed or having suicidal thoughts.

Suicide Call Back Service has a number of resources available that can help you through this difficult time. If it is an emergency call 000.

Depression

Bipolar disorder and suicide: Breaking down the stigma to save more lives

You might be surprised to learn that the suicide rate for people living with bipolar is between 10-30 times higher than the general population In fact, according to the Black Dog Institute, they account for up to 25% of all suicides.

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Depression

International Women’s Day 2022: Are Australian women more anxious than Australian men?

While matters of mental health do not discriminate, research shows anxiety symptoms in women are trending much higher than in men. But why? Experts say there is a broad range of factors.

 

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What is

What are mood disorders?

Mood disorders can often cause severe and prolonged changes in mood and can affect your ability to engage in everyday life activities. Read here to learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatments available.

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Relationships

Struggling to cope? Six reasons to reach out to family and friends

When facing challenges with our mental health, discussing it with those close to us might be the last thing we want to do. We might fear they won’t care or that we’ll be too vulnerable. However, opening up to someone can often make us feel much better. Here are six compelling reasons to reach out to someone when you’re finding it tough. 

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Work

What is emotional abuse?

Emotional abuse can be devastating and can cause harm to your mental health. Learn how to spot the common signs and find out where to get help.

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What is

What is a panic attack?

Around 40% of Australians will experience a panic attack at some point in their lifetime. Read our article on what a panic attack feels like and how to manage it.

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Relationships

How to cope with relationship separation and divorce

How to cope with separation and divorce. Relationship separation and divorce are among the toughest life experiences people can face. But no matter how hard things seem to get, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

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Providing support

Understand how lived experience storytelling can help your mental health

Stories are often about people, and a good story is about something we can relate to or identify with. Understand how lived experience storytelling can help your mental health.

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Relationships

Signs of a toxic relationship

Things not going well in your relationship? There may be obvious things that aren’t working, but there are also subtle signs that something isn’t quite right. If you’re wondering what is going wrong, here are some signs of a toxic relationship.

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Self-care

Nature as a healer

International Day of Forests is on 21 March and this year’s theme is Forests and Sustainable Cities. The day #internationaldayofforests is a great opportunity for us to look at nature as a healer, and how it can help, heal and protect us.

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Relationships

Understand how depression can affect your relationship

Individuals with a mental health condition such as depression can have a negative impact on their spouse’s mental health, and vice versa, sometimes even leading to relationship breakdown. Understand the common signs that indicate depression could be a factor in your relationship.

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Myths

Myths about schizophrenia

There are a lot of misunderstandings about schizophrenia that result in stigma. We’re working to reduce the stigma by busting some common myths.

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