We exist to give young people a safe space and to provide them with tools, knowledge and ongoing support so they can proactively maintain their wellbeing. headspace Box Hill can help young people aged 12-25 going through a tough time. If you need immediate assistance contact Lifeline on 131114 or Kids Helpline on 1800551800. This page is for info only and can not offer support or emergency assistance. If you ever feel that you:
•are feeling down, stressed or can't stop worrying
•haven't felt like yourself for a long time
•can't deal with school or finding it difficult to concentrate
•are feeling sick or worried about your health
•want to cut down on your drinking or drug use
•want to talk about sexuality, identity or relationships
•are having difficulties with friendships
•have sexual health issues or want to find out about contraception
•are being bullied, hurt or harassed
•are worried about work or study or if you're having money trouble headspace Box Hill is a place you can go to talk to someone about any of these issues. Terms of Use: This headspace Box Hill page is for people to find out more about headspace Box Hill, the services we offer, as well as discussion about important mental health and youth issues. Please be respectful of all points of view, and refrain from personal attacks on other users. headspace Box Hill will remove any posts which:
• are likely to be offensive to other readers
• discusses methods of suicide or self-harm
• discussed drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. omit the negative effects
• contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression
• is dogmatic, such as setting out courses of action as “the only way”
• is racist, sexist or discriminatory
• is obscene, or uses graphic sexual language
• is defamatory, or overly critical of services or organisations which provide help to others
• for any other reason is likely to cause harm / distress to other young people reading the story
• are posted for commercial purposes, and
• promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice. headspace Box Hill will remove posts promoting organisations, products, services, events, competitions or information that is not relevant to the post. If you think your organisation, product, service, event or competition may be relevant to the headspace Box Hill community, please drop us an email with information and we'll be in touch. In certain circumstances, if a post raises concerns about your safety, we may try to contact you to check that you and/or others are safe. If there are significant concerns, we may need to pass on your contact information to authorities who can help protect you and/or others, such as a crisis service or the police. Our preferred way to do this would be to support you to seek help. We are obliged to try to protect you and/or others if the information you submit tells us that: you are being seriously hurt by someone else you are thinking of seriously harming yourself, and someone else is being, is likely to be, seriously hurt by you or another person. Please note headspace Box Hill recognises that sometimes people need immediate help and support. The headspace Box Hill page cannot provide you with specific counselling, crisis services or support. If you need immediate assistance please call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. headspace Box Hill does not check the page over the weekend or on public holidays. headspace Box Hill can take no responsibility for comments on our page, or any interactions fans may have on or off our page.
