As a family, carer or support person, understanding how to assist your loved one with their mental health can be challenging. This page provides essential resources to empower you with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate this journey.
Supporting someone with their mental health
Supporting a person with mental health challenges can be both rewarding and demanding. Whether your support is needed for a brief period of recovery or for a longer duration, it is essential to have access to the necessary support and information to sustain you in your vital role.
We recognise the importance of compassionate and informed support for families, carers and the individual receiving support.
Queensland Health’s how to get help page has information about finding mental health services and treatment options that are available around Queensland, as well as how mental health can affect you or the people you care about, and rights and support.
Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce
The Gold Coast Health Mental Health and Specialist Services’ Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce is a lived/living experience workforce composed of people with their own experiences of mental health challenges, mental health service use and personal recovery, or supporting someone through these experiences.
The workforce provides a responsive program of recovery-oriented peer connection, education and information for consumers, families, carers, kin and unpaid natural support people.
The goal of the workforce is to increase the involvement of consumers, families and carers in their own mental health care, and encourage their participation in the planning, delivery and evaluation of mental health services.
Resources for parents and carers
As a parent and carer, it can be difficult to understand how to support your young person when you are concerned about their mental health and wellbeing. Below is a list of resources and supports to assist you.
- Arafmi QLD
- Carer Gateway
- Kids Helpline Parents
- ReachOut Parents
- Parent Helpline
- Raising Children Network
- Family and Child Connect
- Lifeline
- Kalwun
- Accoras
- Wesley Kids
- Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence
- Domestic Violence Prevention Centre
- Child Safety Services
- Independent Patient Rights Advisors
- Gold Coast Libraries - Child and Youth Mental Health
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- headspace
- Your Health in Mind
- Emerging Minds
- Orygen Youth Mental Health Australia
- Black Dog Institute
- Beyond Blue (Depression and Anxiety)
- eMHPrac
- Lives Lived Well (Substance Use)
- The Butterfly Foundation (Eating Disorders)
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration
- Autism Queensland
Resources for young people
If you are a young person and need support and information relating to general mental health and wellbeing this section is designed for you.
