Mental Health Resource Hub
Find Treatment is a government resource to find help for substance use
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus, Community,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Substance Use Disorder,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
The First in the Family group is a safe and nurturing environment that centers the needs of Carolina’s first-generation college students to discuss the challenges of being the first in the family to attend college with others who “get it.” The group will be a place to give and receive support and will touch on topics such as financial stressors, maintaining boundaries, networking, and family conflicts, in order to help students to be successful academically, professionally, and personally.
- Categories: Community Building, Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by employees,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, First Generation,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS Group,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
If you think you have a gambling problem, come to a Gamblers Anonymous meeting. No dues or fees. Just show up. You will be welcomed.
Give yourself permission to ask for help. Sheer willpower isn’t enough to overcome compulsive gambling.
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Community,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Gambling,
- Organization: Non-Profit, Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Victim Service Specialists in Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) provide free, confidential support and services for students, employees, and post-doctoral scholars impacted by harassment, sexual misconduct, interpersonal violence, and stalking.
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Crisis, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Global Zone Training is an interactive and engaging opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to better understand the experiences of international students and scholars. The training includes information about our international populations, a cross-cultural simulation game, illustrations of various potential cross-cultural differences, strategies and resources for supporting success. The training also includes several short videos in which international Tar Heels share their reflections and recommendations.
- Categories: Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Academics,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
This group provides a space that centers the unique experiences and challenges of being a graduate student of color at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
- Categories: Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: Graduate and Professional Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: Black experiences, Latinx experiences are centered, Native American,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
A two-hour training to learn more about supporting veteran and military-affiliated students.
- Categories: Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, Veterans,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Centering the needs of students experiencing a loss to connect as well as give and receive support.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Grief,
- Organization: CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Free well-being and mindfulness app for college students (with no ads!) guiding you to a calmer, stronger mind.
- Categories: Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Fee-based Resource, No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support,
Small groups work to improve the open science of psychology on Wiki platforms, Open Science Framework, social media, other online sites, and the community.
- Categories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Get Involved, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Off-Campus, Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
An advocacy group that uses public health principles and health promotion/prevention strategies to educate students about wellness.
- Categories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
Brings students together to explore the Hindu faith and utilize its teachings to benefit the community.
- Categories: Community Building, Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by students, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: Faith-based, Religious, or Spiritual,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
