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Your toolbox for success and wellbeing while you study; a range of useful tools and tips, including self-care, physical health, mental wellbeing and relationships.

Mental Health On-line
A comprehensive online mental health service offering information about anxiety disorders, free online assessments and self-help programs, plus a low-cost therapy–assisted treatment program.

Beyond Blue
Provides information and educational material about depression and anxiety. Useful resources for health professionals, members of the community and individuals affected by depression or anxiety.

Black Dog Institute
Information and support for individuals experiencing depression (including during and after pregnancy) and bipolar disorder.

e-couch
A free self-help interactive program offering information about emotional problems – what causes them, how to prevent them and how to treat them. It provides a set of evidence-based online interventions designed to equip the user with strategies to improve their mood and emotional state. Modules include depression, social anxiety, generalised anxiety and worry, relationship breakdown and grief and loss.

Lifeline
Suicide prevention, crisis support and mental health support. For 24-hour telephone crisis support dial 131 114. The online Mental Health Resource Centre provides a variety of self–help tool kits and fact sheets with information about issues such as mental illness, depression, suicide prevention, anxiety and more.

MoodGYM
An interactive program that incorporates Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for depression.

Sane Australia
Conducts innovative programs and campaigns to improve the lives of people living with mental illness, their family and friends. Provides information about mental illness, treatments and support. It is not a counselling service.

Eating Disorders Association Inc (QLD) 
Support and referral for people with eating disorders and their families.

The Butterfly Foundation 
Provides support for Australians who suffer from eating disorders and negative body image issues and their families. Telephone support line: 1800 33 4673. Online support: support@thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

Headspace 
Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation. Provides young people aged between 12 and 25 years with information, support and advice on general health, mental health and wellbeing, alcohol and other drugs, sexual health, education and employment. Information is also available for parents and carers on the website.

Reach Out 
Information, advice and support for young people across a range of issues including mental health, alcohol and other drugs, family and other relationships, sex and pregnancy, sexuality and coming out.

The Suicide Call Back Service provides crisis counselling to people at risk of suicide, carers for someone who is suicidal and those bereaved by suicide, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week across Australia.

Lifeline
Suicide prevention, crisis support and mental health support. For 24-hour telephone crisis support dial 131 114. The online Mental Health Resource Centre provides a variety of self–help tool kits and fact sheets with information about issues such as mental illness, depression, suicide prevention, anxiety and more.

Diverse Voices is a Queensland based non-profit organisation with a focus on the wellbeing of the diverse voices that make up our community. Our focus is on the operation of a peer-to-peer telephone and internet counselling service.

To contact the Diverse Voices/QLife Helpfline call 1800 184 527. This service operates between 3pm and midnight, 365 days per year.

Online Chat available via their partner Q-life, between 3pm and midnight, 365 days a year.

On campus there is the USC Ally Network. Allies are a point of contact for students on LGBTIQ issues, and students can discuss these areas confidently.