Where to find mental health resources at UNC after on-campus shooting, lockdowns

A faculty member was fatally shot on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus Monday, Aug. 28, resulting in a three-hour lockdown that rattled a community in the second week of school.

On Sept. 13, a lockdown resulting from an armed person “brandishing” a weapon on campus rattled a campus again.

There are mental health resources available to those needing someone to talk to.

Here is a list of services in Chapel Hill, on the UNC campus and elsewhere.

Mental health resources at UNC-Chapel Hill

A full list of resources is at care.unc.edu/resources, via the Heels Care Network. That includes peer support resources like Peer2Peer student-led session as well as groups to help with specific needs.

If you’re not sure where to start, a self-screening tool can help point you in the right direction.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

• 24/7 hotline at 919-966-3658
• Faculty and staff can contact the University Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 24/7 at 877-314-5841. Information about times and locations will be sent directly to all employees. Support is free and confidential.

• CAPS is on the third floor of Campus Health in the James A. Taylor Building at 320 Emergency Room Drive. The building is between Kenan Stadium and UNC Hospitals, just south of the Bell Tower Parking Deck.

Urgent support

• Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988
  
  
• Text START to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741

This story was originally published August 29, 2023 at 11:32 AM with the headline "Where to find mental health resources at UNC after on-campus shooting, lockdowns."

Jessica Banov

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