Mental Health Resource Hub
International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is the central office and sole authority for processing university-sponsored benefits and immigration advising. ISSS also offers programming to support international students and scholars as they adjust to life in the United States, navigate immigration processes, and develop a support network within the Carolina community. ISSS serves over 4,300 international students and scholars from over 100 countries. Click here to view upcoming events available to the Carolina community.
- Categories: Identity-based support, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: International,
- Issue Types: Academics, Discrimination, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Wellness events, programs, and interventions to support all populations within the business school at UNC.
Contact the wellness specialist here.
- Categories: Skills and Wellness Program, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Latinx Therapy is a site that centers the needs of Latinx people, including connecting users with therapists who center Latinx experiences in their practice and can offer support in Spanish and additional languages.
- Categories: Identity-based support,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: Latinx experiences are centered,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
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.
- Categories: Identity-based support, Mental Health Advocacy,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: LGBTQIA, Trans*/Queer,
- Issue Types: Discrimination, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
We’re an authentic, inclusive faith community for UNC students to serve and worship together in God’s love to create a more loving world where people are safe to be themselves and grow in faith.
- Categories: Community Building, 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: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
UNC-Chapel Hill provides students brief therapy thru CAPS as well as through the telehealth provider Mantra Health.
Both CAPS and Mantra Health therapists can offer a student their first interaction with a therapist within a day and provide brief therapy at no cost to the student. Mantra Health operates as solely as a brief teletherapy (online) provider.
Mantra Health may be able to offer students availability on nights and weekends as well as a large pool of therapists.
Those students seeking connection with Mantra Health should either:
- Visit CAPS for an initial assessment OR
- Email Mantra@unc.edu with your name and PID. CAPS staff will reply with the necessary information to create an online account. The student can then find and connect with a Mantra Health therapist that matches their preferences including clinical need, gender, ethnicity, language, and availability.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS, Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Resource center at UNC-Chapel Hill that centers military connected students.
- Categories: Identity-based support,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: Veterans,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
If gambling is more than a game, free help is available to help you and your loved ones build support and a plan toward recovery. Offers a 24/7 helpline including online chat or texting as well as recovery coaches and peer coaches.
- 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: Immediate Support, Within a Few Days,
The Multicultural Health Program (MCHP) is committed to decreasing mental health stigma and increasing access to culturally responsive mental health support and services. Our aim is to foster safety, promote healing, and empower underrepresented students.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
A CAPS program centering the mental health needs of Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color through individual therapy, group therapy, and outreach programs.
- Categories: Identity-based support, Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: Asian American Pacific Islander, Black experiences, Latinx experiences are centered, Native American,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS, Student Affairs,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
A religious, social, and outreach student organization that centers the needs of Muslim students and serves as a collective community voice.
- Categories: Community Building, 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: Get Involved, Overall well-being,
- Organization: Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
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.
- Categories: Community Building, Mental Health Advocacy, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Suicide Prevention, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Student Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
