Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression:
Useful Websites
Australian Websites
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Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)
Information about alcohol; alcohol helplines; and useful website links.
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Alcohol Management for Veterans - The Right Mix
(Australian Government Department of Veternas Affairs)
Assess your own drinking confidentially; and includes useful website links.
- Anxiety Treatment Australia
Information on anxiety and depression; and useful website links.
- Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early
Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet)
Includes useful website links.
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Australian Alcohol Guidelines
(Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
Information and education material on alcohol.
- Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health
Information on posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol.
- Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP)
Information on mental health care in general practice; and includes contact details for local divisions of general practice.
- Australian Drug Foundation and Drug Info Clearing House
Information about alcohol and dual diagnosis; and includes useful website links.
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Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN)
Information on alcohol and dual diagnosis.
- Better Health Victoria
(Victorian Government Department of Human Services)
General health advice; information on alcohol, anxiety, depression and dual diagnosis; and useful website links.
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beyondblue: the national depression initiative
A website with a focus on depression including information on alcohol, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis and self-help strategies; also includes useful website links.
- Black Dog Institute
(Prince of Wales Hospital and University of New South Wales)
This site has a depression and bi-polar disorder focus and contains information on alcohol, depression and self-help strategies.
- Blue Pages
This site has a depression focus and includes information on alcohol and depression.
- Child and Youth Health
(South Australian Government Department of Health)
Information on child and youthhealth; also includes parent and youth helplines.
- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression
(St Vincent's Hospital Sydney)
Information on anxiety, depression and self-help strategies.
- Coexisting Disorders: Mental Illness and Drug Use
Information on dual diagnosis; and includes useful website links.
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Depression Advise
(Pfizer Australia)
Information on depression.
- DepressioNet
Information on depression.
- Family Drug Support Australia
Support for families affected by alcohol and drug use.
- Health Insite
(Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
Information on general health, anxiety and depression; also includes useful website links.
- Illawarra Division of General Practice
Information on anxiety, depression and dual diagnosis; also includes useful website links.
- Lifeline
Help line information; and information on anxiety and depression.
- Kids Helpline
Help line information; and fact sheets on mental health, and drug and alcohol.
- Mental Health Association of NSW
Fact sheets on anxiety, depression and dual diagnosis.
- Mental Health Co-ordinating Council
Fact sheets on dual diagnosis.
- Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
Fact sheets on anxiety, depression and dealing with negative emotions.
- MIDAS Dual Diagnosis
Information on alcohol and dual diagnosis; also includes useful website links. In particular see the excellent "What Grog Got To Do With It?" fact sheet.
- MindBodyLife
(Eli Lilly Australia)
Self help information on healthy living aimed at people living with mental illness.
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MoodGym
(The Australian National University)
Information on anxiety and depression.
- Multicultural Mental Health Australia
Information on mental illness, depression, anxiety and dual diagnosis for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- Primary Mental Health Care Australian Resource Centre
(Flinders University Adelaide)
Information for GP's and support staff on dual diagnosis in particular information about alcohol, anxiety and depression.
- The Queensland Alliance of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups
Links to fact sheets and other mental health resources using the Mind IT (Queensland Government Department of Health) site.
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Information for GP's about depression.
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
Clinical practice guidelines developed for clinicians, and consumers and carers on anxiety depression and other mental disorders; also includes useful website links.
- Reach Out!
(Inspire Foundation)
Fact sheets on alcohol and depression.
- SANE Australia
Fact sheets on anxiety, depression and drugs.
International Websites
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Alcohol Concern (UK)
Infomation on co-occurring alcohol, anxiety and depression problems.
- BBC Mental Health (UK)
General health advice, and information on mental health and substance abuse disorders.
- Dual Recovery Anonymous (US)
Dual Recovery Anonymous is an independent, non-professional, 12-step fellowship organisation for people with a dual diagnosis. This site includes information about co-occurring alcohol, anxiety and depression problems.
- Foundation Associates (US)
Information on dual diagnosis.
- Internet Mental Health (US)
Information on alcohol, anxiety and depression; and also includes useful website links.
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National Institute for Mental Health in England (UK)
Useful links to British mental health sites.
- National Mental Health Association (US)
Fact sheets on anxiety, depression and dual diagnosis; and also includes useful website links.