headspace Mount Isa can help young people aged 12-25 going through a tough time. If you need immediate assistance contact Lifeline on 131114 or Kids Helpline on 1800551800. This page is for info only and can not offer support or emergency assistance. If you ever feel that you:
•are feeling down, stressed or can't stop worrying
•haven't felt like yourself for a long time
•can't deal with school or finding it difficult to concentrate
•are feeling sick or worried about your health
•want to cut down on your drinking or drug use
•want to talk about sexuality, identity or relationships
•are having difficulties with friendships
•have sexual health issues or want to find out about contraception
•are being bullied, hurt or harassed
•are worried about work or study or if you're having money trouble
headspace Mount Isa is a place you can go to talk to someone about any of these issues. Terms of Use:
This headspace Mount Isa page is for people to find out more about headspace Mount Isa, the services we offer, as well as discussion about important mental health and youth issues. Please be respectful of all points of view, and refrain from personal attacks on other users. headspace Mount Isa will remove any posts which:
• are likely to be offensive to other readers
• discusses methods of su***de or self-harm
• discussed drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. omit the negative effects
• contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression
• is dogmatic, such as setting out courses of action as “the only way”
• is racist, sexist or discriminatory
• is obscene, or uses graphic sexual language
• is defamatory, or overly critical of services or organisations which provide help to others
• for any other reason is likely to cause harm / distress to other young people reading the story
• are posted for commercial purposes, and
• promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice. headspace Mount Isa will remove posts promoting organisations, products, services, events, competitions or information that is not relevant to the post. If you think your organisation, product, service, event or competition may be relevant to the headspace Mount Isa community, please drop us an email at [email protected] with information and we'll be in touch. In certain circumstances, if a post raises concerns about your safety, we may try to contact you to check that you and/or others are safe. If there are significant concerns, we may need to pass on your contact information to authorities who can help protect you and/or others, such as a crisis service or the police. Our preferred way to do this would be to support you to seek help. We are obliged to try to protect you and/or others if the information you submit tells us that:
you are being seriously hurt by someone else
you are thinking of seriously harming yourself, and
someone else is being, is likely to be, seriously hurt by you or another person. Please note headspace Mount Isa recognises that sometimes people need immediate help and support. The headspace Mount Isa page cannot provide you with specific counselling, crisis services or support. If you need immediate assistance please call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. headspace Mount Isa does not check the page over the weekend or on public holidays. headspace Mount Isa can take no responsibility for comments on our page, or any interactions fans may have on or off our page.
