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: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Crisis, Suicide Prevention, Trauma,
- Organization: Off-Campus, Student Organization, UNC Hospitals,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Emergency Assistance,
A peer-led grief support community for students who have experienced the death or terminal illness of a loved one.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by students, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Grief,
- Organization: Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
This support group is for students who come from difficult family dynamics and exists to help them build connections, share about their experiences, and 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: Community Building, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Basic Needs, Overall well-being, Trauma,
- Organization: CAPS Group,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
A one hour training, introducing violence prevention and the role we all play in building a safer, more supportive Carolina community. Learn to recognize and respond to behaviors that may lead to harm using strategies for safe intervention, tools for safety plans, and community resources.
- Categories: Support and Assistance, Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus, Community,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
A non-profit law firm on campus serving Carolina students with legal issues that may arise such as housing conflict, traffic or criminal charges, family or relationship matters, notary services, immigration and more.
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Basic Needs, Financial Stress, Housing, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Non-Profit,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
An identity center at UNC-Chapel Hill supporting gender equity through programs and support.
- Categories: Community Building, Identity-based support,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus, Faculty,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: Women,
- Issue Types: Basic Needs, Get Involved, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, Overall well-being,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
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: Community,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Basic Needs, Get Involved, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support, Within a Few Days,
On-campus mental health provider for students and post-docs focused on meeting the immediate mental health needs of students. Offers a range of resources including brief therapy, group therapy, medication management, 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, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Academics, ADHD, Anxiety, Basic Needs, Crisis, Depression, Discrimination, Eating Disorders, Grief, Insomnia, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Overall well-being, Substance Use Disorder, Suicide Prevention, Supports most mental health issues, Trauma,
- Organization: CAPS, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support,
A private and confidential group supporting and centering the needs of 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,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, Trans*/Queer, Women,
- Issue Types: Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, Trauma,
- Organization: CAPS Group, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures of GBV (gender-based violence) is a training collaboration between Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) and Equal Opportunity and Compliance (EOC). Empower UNC equips students and employees with information, resources, and strategies to respond to disclosures of sexual violence, interpersonal violence, stalking, and sexual and gender-based harassment in an informed and compassionate way.
- Categories: Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Discrimination, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Gender Violence Services Coordinators (GVSC) 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,
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,
