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On 9 March 2010, the Board of Directors
of depressioNet resolved to place the company into Voluntary Administration pursuant
to Section 436A of the Corporations Act and as such this service is now closed. There are a range of alternative Australian Government funded
services that clients of depressioNet may wish to access as outlined below.
beyondblue provides a 24 hour telephone information
service which is available to provide information on depression and anxiety and advice on how to get help, where
to get services and support Australia-wide. beyondblue has indicated that its infoline service would
welcome calls from individuals who had previously used depressioNet. The beyondblue website also provides
information on depression, anxiety and related disorders for individuals and carers.
The beyondblue telephone information line is.1300 22 4636
The website is www.beyondblue.org.au (click here to go to beyondblue’s website),
and www.youthbeyondblue.com
(click here for beyondblue’s website for young people.
Lifeline Australia also provides a free, confidential and
anonymous, 24-hour telephone counselling service for adults. Life can be
contacted on 13 11 14
Mensline Australia provides confidential and anonymous,
24-hour telephone counselling service for the cost of a local call to men with
relationship and family concerns. Mensline can be contacted on 1300 78 99 78
Suicide Call
Back Service
Information and help for people who are feeling suicidal or
are concerned about someone else or who are bereaved by suicide can obtain help
from the Suicide Call Back Service at http://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/Links.aspx
The suicide call back line be
contacted on 1300 659 467
SANE Helpline
(telephone and online) is also available for information, advice and referral
on the full range of mental illnesses. 1800
18 SANE (7263) or at www.sane.org
Kids Help Line - a service for 5 - 25 year olds has
qualified and experienced counsellors available to take calls or contacts from
across Australia.
Information is available at kidshelp.com.au and its phone contact
is 1800 55 1800.
Clients from Queensland and the Northern Territory may
access counsellors who can provide support for older adults through Parentline.
The contact number is 1300 30 1300.
The Centre for Mental Health Research provides online self help treatment through the use
of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a suite of online modules, such as MoodGYM,
BlueBoard, BluePages and e-couch. These programs are targeted at youth and
adults. e-Hub can be accessed at www.ehub.anu.edu.au
Information about depression and how to
get help can be found at http://bluepages.anu.edu.au/
Peer-to-peer online support for
depression (bulletin board) can be found at http://blueboard.anu.edu.au/
The CRUfAD Virtual Clinic can offer
depressioNet users the option of applying for its new Wellbeing program, with
applications opening on March 22nd. Please note that this is a research trial
of the new clinician-guided program, the Wellbeing Program, designed for people
with depression and/or anxiety.
This trial
involves a 10 week program, it is free, and the actual Program will begin on about
22 April. Participants will be randomly allocated to either receive immediate
access to the clinician-guided program, or will have to wait 12 weeks before
beginning treatment. More details about the Wellbeing Program can be found at the
website (www.virtualclinic.org.au).
In addition to the above
service there is also the option to visit your own GP after downloading the
referral letter from www.crufadclinic.org . This shows the GP how to download a free
prescription pad to prescribe access to the Virtual Clinic service for the
patient at the time of their visit.
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