Social Media Affects the Wellbeing of Adolescent

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Support Group

There are a number of different services including both formal and informal support services that are available to Adolescent with mental health issues.[13]

Formal

Headspace

Headspace is the national youth mental health foundation dedicated to improving the wellbeing of young Australians and is a support group for adolescents and young adults aged 12-25 years old. It makes it easy for young people and their family to get help for problems that are affecting their wellbeing. Headspace covers areas like: mental health, physical health, work and study support and alcohol and other drug services. The cyberbullying victims are able to get help for their mental health and maybe in some case their physical health too. This service can be accessed through the Headspace website, Headspace centres, or through online counselling service “eheadspace”. The easiest way to access this support service is through Headspace centres which are located all over Australia, which have specialised mental health workers for support. In Some local Headspace centres, you don’t need to make an appointment and can go straight to the centre but in others you need to make an appointment by emailing them or contacting them through the phone. There is also an online service named ‘eheadspace’ for those who don’t want to go to the centre. It is available from 9am and 1am seven days a week.[14]

ReachOut

ReachOut is Australia’s online mental health organisation for young people and their parents which offers advice, information, support and crisis service for people living with mental health. ReachOut is the world’s first online mental health service launched 20 years ago. ReachOut is available 24 hours, 7 days a week. [15]

We can contact them through calling through phone or go to local ReachOut office.

Contact: 02 8029 7777.

Head office:

ReachOut Australia

Level 2, 35 Saunders Street

Pyrmont NSW[16]

Informal

An informal support group for adolescents with mental health issues are families and friends. Families and friends are the first people to notice the change in behaviour of the victim of cyberbullying, who is going through depression, stress, anxiety and may also have noticed that the victim is skipping meals, not getting enough sleep or getting too much sleep. They then can discuss with the young ones about their behaviour and offer them help and take them to support services, which aim to help people who are going through mental health issues.[17]

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