Useful Links
This page includes links to other services you may find helpful.
Emergency & Telephone Counselling Services
| Lifeline | 0800 543 354 | 24 hours |
| Chinese Lifeline | 0800 888 880 | 24 hours |
| Kidsline | 0800 543 754 | 24 hours |
| Victim Support | 0800 842 846 | 24 hours |
| Youthline | 0800 376 633 | 5pm - 12pm |
Emergency Psychiatric Services
| Day service | 0800 920092 or 03 364 0482 | 9am- 5pm |
| Night service | 03 364 0640 | 5pm - 9am |
Mental Health
Mental Health Education & Resource Centre (MHERC)
Schizophrenia Fellowship Trust
Parenting & Adolescents
Support Groups
| Anxiety Support Canterbury | Formed from the merger of support groups for Agoraphobia & Panic Disorder; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Social Anxiety. Offers free information, education, resources and inspiration to people who have many types of anxieties and phobias and who live in Christchurch & Nth. Canterbury (New Zealand). Provides topic and education sessions led by qualified subject matter speakers and runs separate support group meetings for each anxiety consumer group. |
| Bipolar Support Canterbury | Provides information about the disorder, runs peer support groups, offers a one to one support service and runs education and information sessions on bipolar disorder. |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group | Provides a safe place for people with OCD and their families to share common ground, information and support. |
| Pathways | Christchurch branch offering quality unit-based accommodation and flexible support choices to assist people with mental illness towards recovery and independence. |
| Social Phobia Support Group | Support and information for people with social phobias. Raising community awareness of the condition. |
| Stepping Stone Trust | Community based psychiatric rehabilitation accommodation and support services. Information on care and community support. |