From the global pandemic to enduring systemic racism and injustices, our communities have braved the negative impacts on our collective mental health. During these unprecedented times, we need to bolster our strength and resilience. In light of these challenging days and the uncertainty that lies ahead, CAPS and the Office of Student Affairs in the College of Engineering partnered together to launch the #EngineerPositivity campaign, a virtual take on the annual Positive Chalking event (now in its 5th year!).

In the Fall of 2019, CAPS launched the Faculty Toolkit with the generous support of the Baldwin Foundation. The toolkit was distributed to each faculty member in all 19 schools/colleges in order to provide the tools needed to better help support college student mental health. The toolkit was developed collaboratively with the CAPS Student Advisory Board, CAPS Project Manager, Student Illustrator and the CAPS Outreach Committee.

With increasing numbers of enrolled UM students living outside the state of Michigan (inlcuding outside the United States), we would like to highlight the services CAPS is offering to these students.

If you have started counseling support at CAPS while in Michigan and then move out of the state of Michigan, you can continue working with your CAPS counselor.

In light of the significant disruption in the United States Capitol, CAPS extends our support to all of us as these events can affect our mental health.  And, some of us are greatly affected. These threatening and violent acts are disturbing, and the difference in responses between January 6th, 2021, and over the summer with Black Lives Matter protests is noticeable and hurtful to our progress as a society.

CAPS stands in solidarity with the Asian Pacific Islander Desi/American (APID/A)  communities in the face of the most recent attacks, murders, and expressions of anti-Asian bias and violence.  These acts of hate, in the context of the global pandemic, the attack on the US Capital, and acts of racial violence against Black communities are undoubtedly impacting the mental health and well-being of our student communities.  Direct and indirect exposure to such events is troubling, concerning, and can be traumatizing and result in many emotional and physical reactions.

Crisis Text Line - for all faculty, staff, students, from academic campuses and the Michigan Medicine community.

Pronouns are words like they, she, he and ze, that stand in for nouns and are used to refer to people in the singular third person. Oftentimes pronouns are associated with gender which is incredibly problematic when the gender of a person is unknown. Because of this, people make assumptions about an individual’s gender based on their name, appearance or how they act. These assumptions can be incorrect, and despite correctness, making assumptions sends a dangerous and oppressive message… in order to be a certain gender people have to look, or act a particular way.

Did you know… college students today are averaging only 6–7 hours of sleep, which is around 2-3 hours less than the recommended amount of sleep a human needs. The reason for lack of sleep varies greatly for college students. All-nighters, cramming for class, TV, the internet, stress, anxiety, COVID or simply a general overload of activity can all impact sleep for college students. In fact, 66% of U-M students experience sleep difficulty. In other other words, if you are having trouble sleeping, you are not alone.

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Your mental and emotional health is vitally important. We are here to support you in taking steps towards finding help for your concerns.

At the University of Michigan, we recognize there is no “one size fits all” approach to supporting student mental health. That's why we provide a variety of options to meet a diversity of needs. Check out the options listed below to see what may be a good fit for you.