CRISIS
SUPPORT
SERVICES
Supporting Australians when they need it most
Crisis Support Services (CSS) is Australia's leading specialist telephone and online counselling and training provider.
With a proud 50 year history, CSS has supported hundreds of thousands of Australians through their most challenging times
with professional counselling, information and referrals to quality services.
As the only organisation within Australia to have gained international accreditation from the world-renowned American
Association of Suicidology, CSS plays an integral role in Australia's mental health sector by setting the benchmark for
quality across the telephone and online counselling industry. The organisation also provides specialist mental health training
to a range of community organisations and corporates, offering insights into the wide range of complex issues relating
to mental health and wellbeing.
LATEST
NEWS &
EVENTS
Cars, suicide are top killers
Car crashes and suicides are the top two killers of young Australians, researchers say.
Mental health cuts reversed
The federal government has caved in to strong opposition to its $580 million cuts to a mental illness treatment program, agreeing to reverse one element of the cuts until next year.
Is it time to end the media's code of silence on suicide?
Alan Howe of the Herald Sun writes: It's one of the biggest public health issues, but you won't read about it. That's because newspapers have agreed to a unique code of silence. Are we right?
2010-11 Annual Report
After a successful Annual General Meeting on October 27, Crisis Support Services have released their Annual Report for the 2010-11 financial year.