Head to Health is a good place to start if you are looking for mental health information, services and support for yourself or someone you care about.

Call Head to Health on 1800 595 212
You can make a free call to Head to Health on 1800 595 212 for advice and connection to the local mental health service or support that is right for you. This may involve referring you to your local Head to Health centre or Pop Up clinic.
The Head to Health Phone Service is available Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm (except public holidays).
This is not a crisis service. For urgent support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or SuicideLine on 1300 651 251. If you need immediate help or are at risk of harm to yourself or others, call 000 now.
Head to Health adult mental health centres
Head to Health adult mental health centres provide a safe and welcoming space for adults, their family and friends, who may be in distress or crisis, or need help finding the right mental health services for their individual needs.
You can access Head to Health centres by calling 1800 595 212 or by visiting your nearest centre. Head to Health centres provide free services. No appointment or GP referral is required.
Further information on the Head to Health centres service model is available here.

Head to Health Pop Up clinics
Head to Health Pop Up clinics were initially established in NSW and Victoria to provide additional mental health support to people of all ages impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Head to Health Pop Up services will continue in the interim, to support continued access and transition to new and ongoing mental health services.
You can access Head to Health Pop Up clinics by calling 1800 595 212 or by visiting your nearest clinic. Head to Health Pop Up clinics offer free telehealth and COVID-safe face-to-face appointments.
No appointment or GP referral is required.

Locations
Head to Health adult mental health centres
- Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
- New South Wales (Penrith)
- Northern Territory (Darwin)
- Queensland (Townsville)
- South Australia (Adelaide)
- Tasmania (Launceston)
- Western Australia (Midland)
- Victoria (Geelong)
Head to Health Pop Up clinics
NSW
- Central Eastern Sydney (Hurstville and Lakemba)
- South Western Sydney (Bankstown and Liverpool)
- Western Sydney (Seven Hills and Parramatta)
- Northern Sydney (Thornleigh)
- Nepean Blue Mountains (Richmond)
- Hunter New England Central Coast (Tuggerah, Warners Bay and Cessnock)
- South Eastern NSW (Shellharbour)
Victoria
- Gippsland (Warragul and Sale)
- Murray (Shepparton, Seymour, Kangaroo Flat, Wodonga and Mildura)
- Western Victoria (Sebastopol)
- Eastern Melbourne (Hawthorn, West Heidelberg, Box Hill, Boronia, Belgrave, Yarra Junction and Wallan)
- North Western Melbourne (Brunswick East, Broadmeadows and Wyndham Vale)
- South Eastern Melbourne (Berwick, Officer and Frankston)

Head to Health Pop Up clinics in Victoria will transition to the new Local Adult and Older Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing Services currently being established by the Victorian Government. Further information on these new services is available here.
FAQs
Next steps
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