Somazone has just launched an exciting new feature of our website: the Help & Support Services Database.

The Australian Drug Foundation's Somazone website (www.somazone.com.au) was developed by young people for young people, and provides fast, free, anonymous access to quality assured health information. Somazone aims to empower young people to address their physical, emotional and social health needs in a way that is relevant, non-judgemental and anonymous and receives over 80,000 visits from young people every month.

The new Help & Support Services Database is a directory of over 200 on-ground and online youth-friendly services. It allows young people using the site to search for services and support groups in all states, territories and regions of Australia, from a GP in Brisbane to a drug and alcohol counselling service in Wangaratta. Through the services database, Somazone aims to improve young people's awareness of and access to youth-friendly health services and to reduce the stigma of help-seeking behaviours. We aim to include many more services in the future.

Please visit the Help & Support Services Database for further information. To suggest your own youth-friendly service, send an email to somazone@adf.org.au.

Somazone is also seeking Health Professionals with an interest in young people to volunteer their time and expertise. Health professionals are an essential and highly valued contributors to the site, logging in and answering several questions on their topic of expertise per week, as part of the quality assured, question and answer service. If you are interested please contact Anne on tel. 1300 85 85 84 or email somazone@adf.org.au for more details.

The ADF gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Ian Potter Foundation.

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