The University's commitment to diversity and inclusiveness extends to students who have mental health concerns. The University is committed to the academic success, personal development and general health of all students. We want you to be successful and well.
CAPS is committed to being the main mental health resource for all students. We also know, oftentimes, a student's mental and emotional health needs are helped by other student support offices on campus, and/or a student's treatment needs are beyond the scope of CAPS. This page organizes the many rich resources available at the University of Michigan and in our Ann Arbor community for student mental health and is intended for a variety of constituents -- students, faculty, staff, parents, family members, and loved ones.
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If you have mental health concerns, call or visit one of the following offices for confidential support. The following offices have experience working with the diversity of students represented in our student body.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Counseling and Psychological Services is committed to providing multicultural and multidisciplinary expert therapeutic support. Clinical services include brief personal therapy for individuals, couples and groups and crisis intervention.
For Off Campus Treatment Resources, please visit our "Community Provider Database."
This service has been developed by the Mental Health Work Group at the University of Michigan - a collective effort devoted to the mental health of UM students.
Please use this resource to search for private mental health care providers in the Ann Arbor area.
Due to Michigan Union renovations, CAPS has temporarily moved. The Wellness Zone (WZ) at CAPS Central Office will return in Winter 2020! Currently, the North Campus (Pierpont) WZ and Munger WZ are open!
CAPS Wellness Zone is available for students on a drop-in basis! We offer many wellness resources to help you manage stress, rest and relax as you navigate your busy life as a student at U of M.
HERE is a collection of TED Talks on Mental Health.
In this popular Ted Talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
How to Make Stress Your Friend
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Student Advisory Board (SAB) launch the Stressbusters Wellness App that is available for FREE in the APP store or Google Play for iOS and Android mobile devices. This app will quickly and conveniently provide students with up-to-date campus health information, mental health resources, stress reduction exercises and other wellness activities.
CAPS Youtube Channel, created in 2010, has nearly 150,000 views and over 200 Subscribers. We encourage you to check it out HERE.
Find video playlists on topics including:
The Mental Health Workgroup website provides more information for staff and faculty and is one result of the Student Mental Health Work Group's (MHWG) ongoing effort to provide support and direction to work being done on campus to support student mental health in a variety of ways and through the dedicated efforts of many units on campus.
If you have mental health concerns, call or visit one of the following offices for confidential support. The following offices have experience working with the diversity of students represented in our student body.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Counseling and Psychological Services is committed to providing multicultural and multidisciplinary expert therapeutic support. Clinical services include brief personal therapy for individuals, couples and groups and crisis intervention.
CAPS have been providing confidential, easily assessible online screenings for depression, anxiety, eating issues, alcohol use, bi-polar disorder and PTSD since 2001. The platform for the screenings has been recently enhanced for all electronic devices and available to take in complete privacy 24-7.
Mindfulness can be an effective way to improve our overall wellness. We would like to highlight a few videos that UM CAPS has made to help with anxiety.
