Mental Health Resources
If you or someone else are experiencing a life-threatening medical or mental health emergency, please call 911
Below you will find a variety of mental health resources. If you or someone you know are experiencing mental health issues, we strongly encourage you to engage these resources.
UNC Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- You all have access to CAPS services
- No appointment is necessary for initial visit
- Can call CAPS at 919-966-3658
- Walk-ins 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm Monday-Thursday
- 9:30am-12pm & 1pm-4pm Friday
Additional options for mental health concerns:
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988 or chat online) – free and confidential
- Text START to the Crisis Text Line at 741 741
- A hub for all students, postdocs, faculty, and staff to access mental health and well-being resources at Carolina
- Find support for yourself and others through the extensive list of mental health resources and support groups
- Trainings
- Mental Health First Aid
- Safe Zone Training
- ReThink: Psychiatric Illness
- LSN Peer Support
- LSN is a peer support program, made up of undergraduate, graduate, and professional student volunteers, for UNC students to connect with student peers via live chat
- This is NOT a crisis resource
- HAVEN Training
Care Referral: Are you concerned about another student?
- If the student is a potential harm to self or others, call 911 or UNC Public Safety at 919-962-8100 or bring the student to the nearest hospital emergency department
- If the student is not a potential harm to self or others, a conversation may be the best option
- It is important to speak to the student in a private space, and to listen empathetically without judgment
- Offer the student hope and encourage them to talk about their issues
- Remember your own limits and assist the student in seeking campus resources, including Dean of Students and CAPS
- Submit a Care Referral Form for any non-emergency concerns
Biology Graduate Student Check-In Form
Other valuable and important resources:
- Dean of Students – Empowering Students (unc.edu)
- Graduate School Student Affairs Contacts
- Student Wellness (unc.edu)
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
- NAMI INC – National Alliance on Mental Illness
Additional UNC mental health resources, courtesy of UNC School of Social Work:
- 11JUN_Mental-Health-Resources.pdf (unc.edu)
- Open Path Psychotherapy Collective is a nonprofit nationwide network of mental health professionals dedicated to providing in-office and online mental health care—at a steeply reduced rate—to individuals, couples, children and families in need.
- Melanin Therapy is a comprehensive directory of treatment options designed to meet the unique mental health needs of African-Americans and people of color.