- Free for individuals and families. Forever.
- Stays on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- No account. No sign-up, no email.
- No ads, no tracking. Nothing about you is collected.
If you're not OK right now
This site is a plan, not an emergency service. It always points you to real people.
Four things to know
Psychosis is more common, and more treatable, than most people think.
- 3 in 100
will experience psychosis in their lifetime.
It's about as common as diabetes was a generation ago. You almost certainly know someone.
- A symptom
not a diagnosis.
Psychosis is an experience that appears in several conditions, and sometimes on its own. The diagnosis comes later, if at all.
- Late teens to mid-20s
is when it most often starts.
Which is why Australia built early psychosis services for young people. Getting help early changes the course.
- Most people
get better.
With treatment, most people recover from a first episode. Recovery means a life you choose, not necessarily zero symptoms.
Something worth knowing
Psychosis rarely arrives all at once.
Most episodes build over days to weeks, and the early signs are personal and tend to repeat. The gap between the first sign and the emergency is the window a safety net is built for.
A curve of how well a person is over time. It runs flat while well, dips gently through early signs over days to weeks, drops steeply in the acute phase, then climbs slowly through recovery. The early-signs stretch is shaded as the window where a plan can be acted on.
- 1
Well
Make the plan while you're clear. Choose who holds it.
- 2
Early signs
Sleep changes, pulling away, feeling watched, signs and messages. Your people recognise them and act.
- 3
Acute
The card speaks for you. Without it, strangers decide.
- 4
Recovery
The weeks after hospital are the riskiest. Follow-up is written into the plan.
The shape is illustrative. Everyone's pattern is their own, which is why the plan starts with yours.
What the evidence says
For psychosis, a few moments matter most.
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The weeks after leaving hospital or acute care.
Suicide risk is many times higher than baseline in this window, and people are often discharged with little follow-up.
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Becoming unwell, but still at home.
Families can usually see it happening, but don't know what to do, can't get services to listen, and are blocked by confidentiality.
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The emergency itself.
Decisions get made by strangers, police and emergency departments, who know nothing about the person, their early signs, or what has helped before.
A strong, accessible safety plan
shared with the right people
can halt bad decisions.
For the families & friends
Families usually notice first.
Most tools cover the person's own safety plan. Almost nothing equips the people who see it coming. This site does: what to do tonight, in your state, and how to be part of the plan.
Tools
Four things you can do right now.
Everything saves on your own device. Nothing is sent to us or anyone else, and you can print or delete it any time.
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Safety Net Card
One page a stranger can read in 30 seconds: what they might see, what helps, who to call first.
Make my card -
Safety Net Plan
Early signs, triggers, what helps, who to call in order, treatment preferences, and who holds the plan.
Build my plan -
Early signs check
Tick what you've noticed in the last two weeks, for yourself or someone else, and see what to do next.
Start the check -
What to do tonight
Pick your state. Get the number to call, the words to say, and what to ask for.
For families and friends
Start with a card
One page that speaks for you when you can't.
What people might see, what helps, who to call first. Police and emergency staff can read it in 30 seconds. Make it in about five minutes, then grow it into a full plan when you're ready.
- About 5 minutes
- Stays on your device
- Free, forever
Sam T.
I live with psychosis. If I seem unwell, this is what you need to know.
- You might see
- Not sleeping. Feeling watched. Seeing signs and messages meant for me. Going quiet.
- What helps
- Speak slowly, one person at a time. Don't argue about what I'm seeing. I settle when my sister is in the room.
- Call first
- Priya (sister, nominated support person) · 04xx xxx xxx
- My team
- Northside community mental health · 03 9xxx xxxx