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Wellbeing Support

Looking after your wellbeing following the flood crisis

Queenslanders have shown enormous courage throughout the flood crisis and a lot of people will have the support of family and friends to help them get through the tough times ahead. But no one is immune to the emotional distress caused by the floods an for many people it will take a long time to recover. Please know there is help available and that it may be time to seek help if:

• your sleep is badly affected
• you feel very distressed, irritable, on edge or agitated much of the time
• you feel hopeless, despairing, miserable or that you can't go on
• you have trouble concentrating, are distracted and cannot do your usual tasks
• you feel your health is not so good
• you have recurrent nightmares or intrusive thoughts about the emergency
• you have new symptoms or old problems may seem to have returned, eg. breathing, heart and stomach problems.

People can seek help for distress related to the storms and floods through their general practitioner, local Community Health Centre or Mental Health Service, Lifeline (13 11 14) or Australian Red Cross (1800 733 111) or by approaching Queensland Government help desks at local community recovery centres.

Counselling and Wellbeing Support
(information provided with many thanks by South Burnett Community Development Program).

• Queensland Community Recovery Line 1800 173 349
• Australian Government Emergency Assistance Hotline 180 22 66 This number can be used to register for financial assistance through the Disaster Income Recovery Scheme by employees, small business people and farmers.
• Mensline Australia: 1300 789 978
• BeyondBlue info line: 1300 224 636
• Red Cross: 1800 733 111
• Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277
• Lifeline Telephone Counselling: 131 114
• Kid's Help Line: 1800 551 800
• Dvconnect (domestic violence support): 1800 811 811
• Parentline: 1300 301 300
• Salvo Care Line: 1300 363 622
• Seniors Enquiry Line: 1300 135 500
• Red Cross free information booklets and fact sheets
• Queensland Health fact sheets for coping in emergencies
• National financial counselling hotline 1800 007 007
• Mental Health Association - mhConnect division is a non-clinical* information and referral service that can be contacted 24hrs, 7 days a week via our website at www.mentalhealth.org.au or alternatively via our mhConnect line on 1300 729 686 during the hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.