Other Resources

Resources for Young People

• Reach Out
  Youth website to find information and stories on mental health issues, explore how you’re feeling today (coming soon!) and  connect with a community of young people.
   
• The Source
  A gateway to youth information, programmes, services, resources and entertainment for young people between the ages of 12 and 25.
   
• Bursting the Bubble
  Australian website aimed at helping and supporting youth that have problems at home.
   
• Young Adult Health
  Australian youth website providing information on drugs and alcohol, relationships, healthy body, healthy mind, sexual health and society.
   
• Choose yourself
  A site for young people with accurate information about drugs, safe sex strategies and broader health issues.
   
• New South Wales Association for Youth Health
  A site aimed at the youth health sector, youth workers and anyone else with a passion for youth health issues.

• Drugs and alcohol in Victoria
  Useful information about drugs for anyone who is affected by drugs or wants to learn more about the harm of drugs.
   
• Its all right
  Help and support for young people with a mental illness or their family or friends with a mental illness.
   
• Kids Help Line
  Online counselling for adolescents: 1800 55 1800.

• Reality Check
  Aims to help young people understand mental health problems and recognise when a person has a mental illness. It also has information about where young people can go for help in the ACT.

• Somazone
  A website by young people for young people, focusing on health and lifestyle issues such as mental health, drug use, relationships and body image, with fact sheets, personal stories and advice on where to get help.

• Ybblue
  A website for young people who are experiencing depression. Provides young people with information about depression in a way that is relevant and accessible.

• Youth Substance Abuse Service
  Alcohol and other Drugs services, including a program for Koori youth.

Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

• Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney (AMSWS) 
  AMS Western Sydney plays a pivotal role in the delivery and provision of health services to the local Aboriginal community...

• Marrin Weejali
  Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Agency "...empowering our people to live a life free from the harmful effects of alcohol and other drug misuse."  02 9628 3031.

• Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc. (ADAC)
  This site provides information about the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.

• The Australian Indigenous Health Info Net
  The Australian Indigenous Health Info Net is an innovative web resource that makes knowledge and information on Indigenous health easily accessible to inform practice and policy.

• Council for aboriginal Alcohol Program Services
  A community based substance misuse service, supporting Aboriginal and Islander families who are experiencing alcohol and other drug issues.

• National Drug Research Institute
  The annotated bibliography is a database that contains references, keywords and brief annotations for over 600 items on Indigenous Australian substance use.

• Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia
  AHCSA is the peak body representing Aboriginal community controlled health and substance misuse services in South Australia at a state and national level.

• Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales
  The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (AH&MRC) is the peak body for Aboriginal health in NSW and is comprised of over 60 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations throughout the state.

• Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network
  This network provides access to the latest information in Indigenous health including employment, skills and educational development opportunities.

• Cuz Congress
  On this website you will find various drug- and health-related resources that can help aboriginal and Torres Islander people gain a better understanding of drugs and the way they affect individuals, families and our community.

• Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc
  A community-based organisation that provides care and support to Aboriginal people who wish to lead an alcohol- and drug-free lifestyle. The programs provide a complete substance misuse recovery pathway, which clients can enter or exit at various points of need.

• Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal
  The Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal is the only national publication written by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers. Each issue covers a range of topics including primary health care, community profiles, health promotion, best practice models and workforce issues.

• Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control
  Indigenous Tobacco Control Online Network where you can find information to help Indigenous people to quit smoking.

Resources for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities

• Sydwest Multicultural Services (Previously Blacktown Migrant Resource Centre)
  Blacktown Migrant Resource Centre is an independent, community-based organisation dedicated to empowering people from culturally diverse backgrounds and promoting a culturally rich and diverse Australia.

• DrugInfo Clearinghouse
  Drug prevention supports for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Victoria

• Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC)
  The Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC) is a state wide, non-profit, non government organisation funded by NSW Health.  DAMEC's primary focus is to bridge the service gap by assisting and supporting Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (AT&OD) service providers to make a difference to the way they access and service Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (C&LD) clients.

• Drugs in a Multicultural Community: An Assessment of Involvement
  This report makes an important contribution to understanding the impact of illicit drugs on culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

• Victorian Government Health Information Website
  A guide for Families and Carers in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Victoria. This guide lists ethno-specific community organisations and facilities catering for culturally and linguistically diverse people.

• Diversity Services web site
  Provides access and equity information about NSW Attorney General's Department services for people with disabilities and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities

• Community Drug Action Team
  CDATs work to reduce the local impact of drug problems by working with organisations and other community groups on local projects and identifying opportunities for improving services.

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