Black Dog Institute 

One in five Australians are affected by mental illness each year.
Mental illness can be overwhelming, crippling and isolating. 

The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit organisation and world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder and suicide. 

We are the only mental health facility in Australia that combines clinical services, high quality translational research and education programs. We work to empower communities and help the stigma surrounding mental illness.


The Black Dog Institute has 4 important goals:

• • to diagnose mental illness accurately and early,
• • treat them using innovative, effective and accessible strategies,
• • prevent their onset by understanding why and who they affect and
• • to reduce the overall impact of mental illness and save lives.

Black Dog Institute’s vision is for a mentally healthier world. 

A world where the onset of depression and suicide can be prevented and treated. With your help we can make this vision a reality. 
http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health servides to 12-25 year olds, along with assistance in promoting young peoples' wellbeing.

To date, headspace has provided more than 1.5 million occasions of service and in 2015/16 alone more that 95,000 young people used headspace services including directly at centres or eheadspace.

headspace centres – with almost 100 centres across the country, any young person who needs support, advice or just someone to talk to about a mental health problem, drug or alcohol issue, general physical or sexual health problem or requires vocational and education support, can walk in and be treated with respect and compassion, within a confidential and safe environment.

eheadspace – our online and telephone mental health support service helps young people who don’t feel ready to attend a centre or who prefer to talk about their problems via online chat, email or phone.

headspace School Support - this national program assists school staff and students across the country deal with the complex issues they may confront in the aftermath of a suicide.

All funds raised will go towards the national work of headspace, if you are looking to support your local headspace centre you will need to reach out to them directly.

Lifeline provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services.

Somewhere in Australia there is a new call to Lifeline every minute. People call Lifeline’s 24 hour crisis support service 13 11 14 about many things including:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Loneliness
• Abuse and trauma
• Physical or mental wellbeing
• Suicidal thoughts or attempts
• Stresses from work, family or society
• Information for friends and family

Lifeline also provides national services and campaigns that promote emotional wellbeing, encourage help seeking, and address suicide prevention and awareness.

About Us

Suicide Prevention Australia is a non-profit, community organisation which is the peak body within the suicide prevention sector.

• Integrity
• Compassion
• Ethics
• Inclusion
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Respect
• Social Justice

The Schizophrenia Research Institute is the only national medical research institute solely dedicated to discovering the ways to prevent and cure schizophrenia.

Established in 1996 as Australia's first virtual medical research Institute, the organisation conducts and supports schizophrenia research in hospitals, universities and research institutes across the country and internationally. With approximately 60 employees and 140 scientific affiliates, the Institute drives a proactive research agenda, has invested over $21 million and has had numerous successes to date.

The Institute is NHMRC accredited and is funded by government grants (NSW Health & NHMRC), corporate and private donations. A registered charity throughout Australia, further donations can be given via this website or by phoning.

What we do?

The Schizophrenia Research Institute brings together the best minds in schizophrenia research to work together in a cohesive approach to discover the ways to prevent and cure schizophrenia.

How Can Research Help?

Research suggests that schizophrenia may be a developmental disorder resulting from alterations in the usual maturing process of the nervous system. Although progress has been made toward better understanding and treatment of schizophrenia, continued investigation is urgently needed. Research is gradually leading to new and safer medications and to unravelling the complex causes of the disease.

The Schizophrenia Research Institute supports schizophrenia-related research in a wide range of scientific domains, from neuroscience through to clinical, and has developed a wide range of new initiatives, initially throughout New South Wales, but increasingly on a national scale.

The institute supports a multi-disciplinary program of schizophrenia research in the areas of Developmental Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. The Schizophrenia Research Institute has also been instrumental in developing schizophrenia research infrastructure facilities, which have provided a foundation for the subsequent research outcomes.

Launched in 2007, the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank aims to collect and link genetic, clinical, neuropsychological and brain imaging information from 2,000 individuals with schizophrenia and 2,000 healthy controls. Data from this unique resource will be particularly important to support meaningful schizophrenia-related studies conducted by scientists who do not have access to clinical populations.

Who benefits?

1 in 100 young people will develop schizophrenia, causing permanent disability in many. In addition to the heavy emotional burden and distress for families around Australia, schizophrenia costs the community over $2 billion annually in direct costs and loss of productivity.

At a time when others are planning their lives ahead, patients with schizophrenia have their future plans taken away from them. Plans for further education, careers and relationships are often curtailed as the biology of the disorder takes over. Retreating from reality, with delusion formation and hallucinations, social isolation becomes an ongoing problem.

There is currently no cure for this lifelong chronic disease. Prior to the launch of the Schizophrenia Research Institute in 1996 there was no strategic drive in NSW for research into schizophrenia. Today the opportunities to make a difference in this area of research are dramatically improved. The more research we do now, the sooner we will be able to prevent young people from developing schizophrenia.