Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS) is a place where young people who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or mental health problems can get help.
Phone: 1300 369 012
We are committed to providing mental health services and support to children, young people and their families/carers. We want to make sure we keep you safe during this time, so we have made some changes to how we meet with you and how our programs run. We assure you that all our staff are available and dedicated to helping and supporting you at this time.
Please call ELMHS on 9594 1399 if you have any questions or want to find out more about what this means for you. Our Psychiatric triage is also available 24/7 on 1300 369 012.
Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS) is a place where young people who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or mental health problems can get help.
If you are having trouble coping with a serious problem on your own, but don’t know how to change or improve things, we may be able to help. Contact ELMHS on 1300 369 012. We have services located at Berwick, Clayton, Dandenong and Frankston.
Monash Health ELMHS is a free service available to those who live in our catchment area. Our catchment includes the cities of Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash.
If you live within this area and are experiencing any of the following problems, we might be able to help.
If you’re experiencing any of following problems, try talking about it with someone you trust – your parents, a close family member, your family doctor (GP) or school counsellor.
Emotional
Relationships
Behaviour
Physical
Psychological
ELMHS staff
The staff who work at ELMHS cover a number of different professions. You may hear the term ‘multi-disciplinary team’, which simply means a team of clinicians who have different qualifications. These consist of:
Please be aware that we also employ university students who are studying these professions.
We partner with Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology on research projects to increase our knowledge in child and youth mental health.
For more information, download our brochure here.
Within ELMHS there are a number of different services available. Depending on your needs, you’ll be referred to one of the following:
Specialist programs
Please note that available specialist services can vary from time to time.
To use the service you or your parents/guardians will need to contact The Monash Health Psychiatric Triage Service. Triage is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to make brief assessments over the phone and put you in contact with the service that can help you the most. If a service outside of ELMHS is more suited to your needs, Triage will provide you with those details.
Other people can also make referrals on your behalf. If a member of your family, a doctor, a school worker, or a community agency worker is concerned about you, they can contact Triage directly.
Contact the Monash Health Psychiatric Triage Service on 1300 369 012.
A mental health clinician will answer the call and ask some questions about how you’re feeling, what kind of things you’ve been thinking about, and what’s been happening to cause those thoughts and feelings. The person you speak with will consider one of the following options:
Most assessments take place at one of our community team locations.
ELMHS Berwick
28 Parkhill Drive, Berwick VIC 3806
Phone: 8768 5130
Fax: 8768 5133