UPDATE: We are now offering virtual outreach presentations (recommended 20-30 minutes in length) focused on the following topics: CAPS 101 during COVID-19 and Self-Care during COVID-19, with more topics being developed. Please let us know your request, giving at least 3 weeks notice, and we'll be in touch.
CAPS Community Engagement and Outreach is multi-faceted and comprehensive. Simply, it's a way to reach all 46,000 of our University of Michigan students. Together, we can all change the story about college student mental health.
Outreach is about increasing college student mental health awareness through prevention, awareness, education and stigma reduction. Through outreach, CAPS staff are able to connect with the larger UM community and ultimately strengthen our “community of caring.”
We are essentially connecting with students who do not traditionally utilize individual or group therapy. These could include students who may want to know more about how to help a friend or students who may experience stigma about help seeking or students who may need support, but not necessarily counseling. CAPS creates a “web of support” not only for students, but also encourages staff and faculty involvement through a variety of education and prevention efforts.
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These questions have driven CAPS to do something more around suicide prevention for our campus.
CAPS in Action (CIA), in collaboration with CAPS and Central Student Government, provides a promotional video series featuring actors from UMSTD and across campus to clarify common misconceptions on campus about CAPS!
CAPS Unlocked: Misconceptions Demystified (Introduction)
CAPS Community Engagement and Outreach is multi-faceted and comprehensive. Simply, it's a way to reach all 46,000 of our University of Michigan students. Together, we can all change the story about college student mental health.
Outreach is about increasing college student mental health awareness through prevention, awareness, education and stigma reduction. Through outreach, CAPS staff are able to connect with the larger UM community and ultimately strengthen our “community of caring.”
There are 4 primary ways in which CAPS systemically partners with others on campus to provide leadership for student mental health.
The purpose of these partnerships is to personally connect with units across campus, serve as consultants and referral sources to individuals who are seeking advice regarding a student in need of CAPS services, and to regularly share general information about student mental health.
The Real Stories Of Leaders At Their Best video series began with the goal of reducing the stigma of mental illness on our campus. As students at a competitive university, our mental health is often pushed to the background, overshadowed by academics and social status. It is our hope that this video series, produced and edited by the Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) student group - CAPS In Action - serves to give everyday examples for our campus about how our mental health plays out in our day to day lives.
Many University of Michigan students are choosing to engage in mental health efforts on campus. More than ever, these students are passionate about helping their friends, reducing stigma, and making the University of Michigan an environment where no student feels they have to struggle alone.
