HealthInfo Canterbury
Where to go for help (youth & teens)
Do you need help now?
If this is an emergency and you or someone else is in immediate danger, phone 111 now.
If you feel suicidal, call Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health Emergency (CAFEm) for 24-hour crisis support:
- 0800‑218‑219 (select option 2) – 8.30 am to 5 pm weekdays
- 0800‑920‑092 – after hours (including weekends and public holidays).
People who can help
Your GP (doctor) is a really good person to go to for all sorts of help. They have lots of knowledge and experience helping young people with all kinds of issues. If you don't have a GP already, you can use this link to find one. If you prefer to see a different doctor you can see one for free at 298 Youth Health.
Phone, text, email and online help
Sometimes it can be easier to talk anonymously. If that's how you feel, try one of these services:
0800 What's Up
Freephone: 0800‑942‑8787 from any phone
Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 10 p.m; weekends 3 pm to 10 pm
Plus you can chat to a counsellor online.
Youthline
Freephone: 0800‑376‑633, any time, from any phone
Free TXT: 234, 8 a.m to midnight
Email: talk@youthline.co.nz
Plus you can chat to a counsellor online.
Skylight can help if you're stressed or grieving. They will also send you a personal information pack on anything they think will help, and can post it to anywhere in New Zealand.
What's on HealthInfo?
You can look up specific pages for information about things like bullying, anger, abuse, alcohol and drugs, relationships and more.
When you are looking at a page on HealthInfo, you might also see a box called "See also". The links in this box will take you to pages with more information about related issues.
HealthInfo also has special sections with health resources and providers for Māori, Pacific peoples, and Migrants and refugees. It also has a page listing where you can get health information in other languages.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. March 2016.
Sources
Review key: HIWGH-223212
