Mental Health Resource Hub
If there is a medical emergency or there is immediate danger of harm, dial 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis. On-campus 911 calls on Thursday-Saturday from 7pm-3am will be initially responded to by Campus EMS.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All employees, All students, Community, Faculty, Family Members,
- Costs: Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Crisis, Suicide Prevention, Trauma,
- Organization: Off-Campus, Student Organization, UNC Hospitals,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Emergency Assistance,
Learn how to reduce unhelpful responses to anxiety and develop skills to cope with anxiety-provoking situations.
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: Professional Clinical Care, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Undergraduate Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support:
- Issue Types: Anxiety,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Speak to a caring medical provider about your mental health needs and their impact on your physical health. Campus Health also provides medication management.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types:
- Organization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
After hours, the CAPS phone number becomes a crisis support line for students. Call 919-966-3658 if you are in a crisis situation.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Undergraduate Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types:
- Organization: CAPS,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support,
Evaluations, consultations, and treatment for people with eating disorders.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: Community,
- Costs: Charged to health insurance / Copay,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Eating Disorders,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
A CAPS group to find support and understanding while building resilience centering those students and post-docs with chronic illness.
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, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Undergraduate Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Chronic Illness,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Emotional and practical support to help survivors of interpersonal violence and abuse find safety and self-sufficiency. Free, confidential, and offered in English and Spanish.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All employees, All students, Community, Faculty, Family Members, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Staff, Temporary employee, Undergraduate Students,
- Costs: Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, Spanish Speaking,
- Issue Types: Child and Family Needs, Get Involved, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support, Within a Few Days,
Learn better ways to form meaningful relationships.
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, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
On-campus mental health provider for students and post-docs. Offers a range of resources including a 24/7 phone line for mental health crises and referral coordination for out-of-practice care. Several services and groups center unique needs of communities on campus.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Undergraduate Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, Charged to health insurance / Copay, Free initial consult, then charge per visit,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Academics, Addiction, Anxiety, Child and Family Needs, Crisis, Depression, Discrimination, Eating Disorders, Grief, Insomnia, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, Overall well-being, Suicide Prevention, Trauma,
- Organization: CAPS, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
A private and confidential group that can help students who identify as women or non-binary cope with emotions surrounding the trauma of sexual assault
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, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, Trans*/Queer, Women,
- Issue Types: Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, Trauma,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Open to all BIPOC students, this CAPS group is a mix of small group discussion and self-reflection based on the book The Gifts of Imperfection by Dr. Brené Brown with the incorporation of dancing mindfulness principles.
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: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: Black, Latinx, Native American,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Process the feelings, challenges, and concerns you may have related to being ABD as well as provide mutual support and foster connection to peers.
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: Graduate and Professional Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, Free resource to all,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Academics, Anxiety,
- Organization: CAPS, CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
