Identity center at UNC Chapel Hill offering programs and resources to build a campus environment that is welcoming and inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.
Resources
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LGBTQ Center
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: LGBTQIA, Trans*/QueerCategories: Identity-based support, Mental Health AdvocacyMental Health Needs: Discrimination, Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: Student AffairsCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campusWebsite: https://lgbtq.unc.edu/about/
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Mental Health Ambassadors
Promotes conversation around mental health, de-stigmatizes mental illness, facilitates support networks, and presents educational programming on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Community Building, Mental Health AdvocacyMental Health Needs: Get InvolvedOrganization: Student Affairs, Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: Undergraduate Students -
NAMI – UNC
UNC NAMI is a national organization that works to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. We collaborate with others to provide resources and trainings to prevent suicides and get people help.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Suicide Prevention, Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campus -
Orange County Rape Crisis Center
Free and confidential support for primary and secondary survivors of sexual violence. Our helpline advocates are available 24/7. Call or text (919) 967-7273 or follow the link for online chat and more info on our website.
Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support, Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health Advocacy, Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Interpersonal/intimate partner violenceOrganization: Off-CampusCampus Affiliation: CommunityWebsite: https://ocrcc.org/
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RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
Helping survivors of sexual violence find help, advice, and the resources you need.
Call 800-656-HOPE (4673) or text HOPE to 64673, available 24/7.
Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate SupportCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health Advocacy, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Crisis, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, TraumaOrganization: Off-CampusCampus Affiliation: Community -
School of Medicine Wellness Program
Promotes mental health and wellness at the School of Medicine through individual counseling, events, and change advocacy. Offers a student task force for those med students wanting to be advocates for change within the school.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy, Professional Clinical Care, Skills and Wellness Program, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Academics, Get Involved, Overall well-being, Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: CAPS, UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Graduate and Professional StudentsWebsite: https://www.med.unc.edu/wellness/
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Somethings
Our program connects adolescents with trained peer support specialists who understand their struggles, offering compassionate, relatable guidance. Backed by clinical research on the effectiveness of peer support, Somethings makes mental wellness accessible, helping adolescents build resilience and effective coping skills to grow into thriving individuals.
For youth ages 13–26.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Certified coaches, Identity-based support, Mental Health AdvocacyMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: Off-CampusCampus Affiliation: Undergraduate StudentsWebsite: https://www.somethings.com/
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Sources of Strength at Carolina
Sources of Strength at Carolina is a student organization that brings Sources of Strength, an upstream suicide, substance use and bullying prevention program, to campus in partnership with the UNC School of Education. Weekly events explore different strengths and themes of wellness, using prevention science, positive psychology and peer outreach to change the conversation around mental health.
Find upcoming events and get involved on Heel Life, or email sosatcarolina@gmail.com.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy, Peer support facilitated by studentsMental Health Needs: Get Involved, Overall well-being, Suicide PreventionOrganization: Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: All studentsWebsite: https://heellife.unc.edu/organization/sosatcarolina
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Story Circles
A student-led peer support program focused on narrative psychology and expressive writing. This program aims to foster community and wellbeing through writing, art, and other creative forms.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health Advocacy, Peer support facilitated by studentsMental Health Needs: Get Involved, Overall well-beingOrganization: Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: Undergraduate Students -
UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health (UNC CECMH)
Promotes recovery and whole person wellness for those with serious mental illness using prevention, evidence-based treatment, training, and research to support meaningful and productive lives.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Charged to health insurance / CopayIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health Advocacy, Professional Clinical Care, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Supports most mental health issuesOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: CommunityWebsite: https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/cecmh
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