Mental Health

If you have a tele health appointment, please click here for the online clinic.

If this is your first time using telehealth, there are resources from our General Clinichere, but please return to the Mental Health Specialist Clinic here (https://vcc.healthdirect.org.au/t/svhmmentalhealth/join).

Anyone may contact St Vincent's Mental Health Service if you are concerned about changes in the mood, ideas or behaviour of either someone you care about or yourself.

For GP referrals contact St Vincent’s Psychiatric Triage: 1300 558 862

St Vincent's Mental Health (or Inner East Mental Health Service) provides psychiatric services to people who are aged between 16 and 65 and living in the cities of Yarra and Boroondara.

St Vincent's Aged Mental Health Service (based at St George’s campus in Kew) provides inpatient, residential and community services including specialist clinics for residents aged 65 and older in the cities of Boroondara, Yarra and Darebin (Northcote to Thornbury).

Child and adolescent services are for young people up to the age of 18 years and a variety of specialist outreach, case management and inpatient services are available.

For residents outside our catchment area, please follow the link to your local mental health service.

Adult Mental Health Services

Psychiatric triage provides advice and screening assessment for all new referrals to the service on a 24 hour, 7 days a week basis.

Specialist Services

BETRS is a collaborative partnership between the mental health programs of Austin Health and St Vincent's Melbourne.

Medication Information Resource

Consumer and Carer Resources

HOPE Enhancement Project

The Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (HOPE) initiative currently provides assertive and intensive outreach support