Access on-campus and community counselling plus other services and resources
We can connect you with a range of support services if you're experiencing distress. Explore the options below.
For immediate crisis intervention when life may be in danger, call 000 or go to your local hospital emergency department.
Griffith Mental Wellbeing Support Line
The Griffith Mental Wellbeing Support Line operates 24/7.Text or call this service for help to:
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Please noteCall 000 (emergency services) if you are in danger. This service does not offer ongoing counselling, but we can link you with on-campus and community counselling and wellbeing services and resources. |
Suicide response and prevention
To speak to someone immediately, call:
- Griffith Mental Wellbeing Support Line, available 24/7. Phone 1300 785 442 or text 0488 884 146
- Lifeline phone 131 114
- Suicide Callback Service phone 1300 659 467
- Kids Helpline phone 1800 551 800 (for young people up to age 25).
If you’re concerned about someone else in relation to self-harm or suicide, there are steps you can take to help them.
Sexual assault and harassment
If you have been, or feel you have been, subject to unwanted behaviour you can also seek support outside of Griffith University through the following services:
- Sexual Assault Helpline call 1800 010 120
- DV Connect
- Queensland Police Service
- Sexual Assault services in Queensland
- Living Well
You can also access our personal violence counselling, which provides specialised students for domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment, childhood sexual abuse and other forms of personal violence or intimidation.
Emergency hotlines
These organisations can provide immediate phone support:
- Lifeline telephone counselling, call 131 114
- Suicide Callback Service, call 1300 659 467
- Mensline, call 1300 789 978
- 1300 MH CALL 1300 642 255 is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services to Queenslanders. 1300 MH CALL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will link to the caller’s nearest Queensland Public Mental Health service.
Mental health crisis services
Location | Facility | Phone |
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Brisbane North | Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Acute Assessment | 07 3834 1605 |
Brisbane South | Princess Alexandra Hospital, Mental Health Assessment Team | 1300 858 998 |
Gold Coast | Mental Health Acute Care | 07 5519 7660 |
Logan Hospital | Mental Health Assessment Team | 07 3299 8056 |
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