Sources of Information about Different Mental Illness: Links and Factsheets

The resource links below provide a great introduction to the full range of the organizations that have a direct role in the Mental Health system. You will be able to find information and resources on the following:

  • Understanding mental illness
  • Models & theories of causes of mental illness
  • FAQ about mental illness
  • Mental illness & drug & alcohol use
  • What family & friends can do
  • Family & carer supports & services
  • Understanding guilt & worry
  • Personal accounts
  • Depression, including post-natal depression
  • Related disorders
  • Treatment
  • Recovery
  • Family & friends
  • Facts on mental health
  • Alcohol, anxiety & depression
  • Employment & mental health
  • Mental health, victimisation & crime
  • Depression & different population groups (including women, men, young people, older people, indigenous, CALD & disabilities)
  • Anorexia nervosa;
  • Bipolar disorder;
  • Deliberate self-harm (youth and adult)
  • Depression
  • Panic disorder and agoraphobia; and
  • Schizophrenia.
General and state wide
  • Find a mental health service
  • Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)
  • Our Consumer Place
  • Beyond Blue
  • Black Dog Institute
  • Headspace
  • The University of Melbourne, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
  • Centre of Excellence in Peer Support
  • Hearing Voices Network Australia
  • Hearing Voices Victoria
  • Uniting Care Prahran Mission- Bayside, Inner East and South Eastern Melbourne
  • SANE Australia
  • Tandem Inc.
  • Neami
  • Grow
  • ARAFEMI
  • PANDA
  • Compassionate Friends Victoria
  • Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria
  • Health Issues Centre
  • Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED)
  • Carers Victoria
  • Carer Support and Respite Centre
  • Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
Support specifically for Victorians from a multicultural background
  • Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (previously Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit – VTPU)
  • Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
  • Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (ADEC)
Support specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. (VACCHO)
  • Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative
  • Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative (GEGAC)
Support services in Regional Victoria
  • Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative
  • Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative (GEGAC)
  • SNAP Gippsland
  • Creative House- Traralgon area
  • Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network
  • Golden City Support Services- Bendigo area
  • Peninsula Carer- Mornington Peninsula

Complaints, Tribunals & Statutory Authorities:

  • Mental Health Tribunal
  • Office of the Health Services Commissioner
  • Disability Services Commissioner
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
  • Ombudsman Victoria
  • Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
  • Office of the Public Advocate
  • Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner Victoria
  • Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria
  • Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
  • Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission
  • Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP)
  • Consumer Affairs Victoria
  • Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Legal advice and information

  • Mental Health Legal Centre
  • Victorian Legal Aid
  • Neighbourhood Justice Centre