NATIONAL youth mental health organisation, headspace, has extended its phone line to support parents concerned about the mental health and wellbeing of their child.

Warwick headspace Manager Sophia McLucas said it was important to have family support when accessing mental health services and welcomes the extension of the phone line to parents.

"I think it's great, I think it's something parents are looking for," Mrs McLucas said.

"We get lots of phone calls about where do we go, and what do we do," she said.

The extension of the support and information line comes as new headspace research found family is a significant influence when young people are seeking help for mental health issues.

CEO of headspace, Chris Tanti said having resources available for parents via the phone is important as they are usually the first ones to notice there may be something not quite right with their child.

"I guess for parents, they're with their kids all the time and they're concerned for their child but they may not always know the best thing to say or do," Mrs McLucas said.

"A lot of the questions are around "My child doesn't seem quite like themselves, is it normal or is it something more complicated?"" she said.

"It can be hard for parents to go back and say "I'm worried and can see you struggling", and we want to be able to support parents in opening up that conversation."

Mrs McLucas said the phone line would help parents seek advice to create a supportive family environment.

"It is so important to have family support when accessing mental health services," she said.

"We know that if families are supportive, it's better for a young person's journey through adolescence, and they don't feel like they have to hide anything from their parents."

"When we get parents involved it makes treatment so much easier."

In addition to the phone line, headspace.org.au has been updated with tools and resources to help support parents who are concerned about their child including videos with professional advice from headspace psychologists to help parents identify warning signs and have tricky conversations.

Parents can call the phone line, staffed by qualified youth mental health professionals, on 1800650890, available between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

Families can also view a live online information session about understanding self-harm from 12 to 1 pm on May 14 by logging on to eheadspace.org.au/get-help.