Emergency telephone services:

• Life line – 13 11 14
• Suicide line – 1300 651 251
• Psychologists:
  The Better Access program provides a Medicare rebate for psychologist consultations.
  To access this scheme you first need to make a GP appointment for a ‘GP Mental Health Treatment Plan’.
• Finding a psychologist:
  Clinicare has psychologists consulting at the two practice locations: Tena Davies
  The Australian Psychological Society has a searchable database of psychologists:

The following online resources provide valuable information as well as online CBT therapy:

• Australian government online mental health resources
• Beyond Blue
• Black Dog Institute
• Headspace – National Youth Mental Health Foundation (for young adults)
• Beacon – A portal to online applications for mental and physical disorders. A panel of health experts categorise, review and rate websites and mobile applications (Australian National University).

Mindfulness resources 

• Mindfulness resources – Monash University

Meditation resources – Apps for mobile devices:

• Headspace
• Smiling Mind – free guided meditation

Books/ ebooks 

• Live More Happy – Dr Darren Morton. Easy to read science-based guide to improving your mood.
• The Blue Zones of Happiness – Dan Buettner. A deep dive into the science of what makes some people and communities happier than others.