Is anyone from Australia in here? Need an advice.

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Hi! I have a situation here which I don't know how to deal with, but something has to be done. My 16yo DD has an online friend (they started to chat during minecraft game about 3 yeras ago and became very good ftiends). This girl has depression and anxiety, dropped school in grade 9 (due to her depression, anxiety and bulliyng) and since then staying home in her room (she's 18 now) getting deeper and deeper in depression. When she's very low, she disappeared for a few weeks, sometimes months and when she appears again she still feels very low. I know that social services were involved as all her siblings also refused to go to school (she has 3 younger siblings), but what I understand is that child social services are very laid back about it as only recently they managed to get her siblings to go back to school and as she's an adult now, they don't care anymore. Her parents seems not to care at all about her mental state, her mum took her once to the doctors, who prescribed her medication to treat depression, but the medication did not work for poor girl and her mum just left it there as it is. Her parents were unemployed for a long time and went back to work around 2 years ago. They have a huge house they inherited from the grandparents (somewhere in Tasmania), but not keeping it in order. Today, after disappearing for a week, she sent a voice message to my DD that she's going to kill herself as there is no point to live. My DD was crying trying to talk her over to do anything, she managed to get her address and mum's phone number (mum didn't picked up phone, but it seems normal). For now she promised not to do anything harmful for herself, but I'm not sure for how long and what if she's done something stupid... So, I want to know who can I reach in Australia (more specific in Tasmania) to get some help for that poor girl and to stop her if she will be feeling to kill herself again. I'm in UK, so not sure how things work in Australia. Maybe tehre any charities, organisation who can help her to get right medication? My DD is the only person she speaks outside of her family, so she can't go and ask for help herself, and her parents don't care.

As previous poster suggested Tasmania Police are the right people to call to ask them to do a welfare check. They will attend the property and may also then flag with the local mental health team in the area. Unfortunately the girl can’t really be helped much without presenting at a hospital (which the police could take her to if they deem her unwell enough to be scheduled for 24 hrs) or if she was to make contact with her GP or other health professionals. I wouldn’t hesitate to do this repeatedly any time your daughter has concerns. Please also take very close note of your daughter’s involvement here. Unfortunately self harm and suicidal ideation and follow through can be sort of socially contagious (there’s a better way of putting that I know but I can’t think of it).

Youre preoccupation with how you're being perceived doesn't make our advice wrong.

The correct course of action is to call the police (at the time),step away, and distance these two children from each other

This is best for both children, and the right thing to do by them both regardless of anyones assumptions or your assessment of our assumptions

It's the only helpful and not potentially harmful course of action regardless of your intentions / motivations / judgement, regardless of whether the friend is telling the truth or not, and regardless of your daughter's sensibilities.

Those points are not the point here!