Michigan Student Life provides care for students’ physical and mental health and promotes personal and community well-being through a robust continuum of care. Well-being is the journey to care for ourselves, one step and one choice at a time. It’s how we appraise and feel about our lives, including success in school and all other aspects. It’s personal, family and friends, community, and beyond. To help guide that journey, the University of Michigan is building a culture of well-being where students can embrace the concept that success in life goes beyond the classroom and careers.
University Health and Counseling offers integrated, evidence-based, and comprehensive medical and mental health care designed especially for college students through the University Health Service (UHS) and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). From individual and group therapy options to robust primary care and specialty clinics, UHC is one of the country's most comprehensive college health centers.
University Health Service (UHS)
- University Health Services (UHS) is a healthcare clinic and wellness resource.UHS has comprehensive outpatient clinical services as well as health and wellness programs. UHS has services, such as an allergy clinic, a psychiatry clinic, a pharmacy, and other specialty clinics.
- UHS primary care providers are highly skilled in providing mental health care, including medication management. They can address most mental health concerns like anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and fundamental sleep problems.
- Gifts to UHS provide additional resources to our staff and student groups to provide high-quality campus health care and wellness programs.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has licensed therapists who provide confidential clinical services for U-M undergraduate and graduate students. CAPS provides individual, group, and relationship therapy.
- Gifts to CAPS support strategies for mental health stigma reduction, suicide prevention work, and campus education about wellness resources.
Student Mental Health
- Mental health is a significant predictor of academic success and quality of life. As the university’s chief mental health officer for all students, executive director of University Health & Counseling (UHC), and a practicing psychiatrist, Lindsey Mortenson leads the implementation of the Student Mental Health Innovative Approaches Committee recommendations and serves as a liaison to Michigan Medicine and community mental health resources.
- Gifts to the Student Mental Health fund help support the most pressing student mental health needs through mental health programs and services that foster emotionally resilient students as directed by the Chief Mental Health Officer.
Wolverine Wellness & Coaching Fund
- Wolverine Wellness works with University Health & Counseling to offer public health-informed mental health and well-being education and outreach. Offerings include:
- Wellness Coaching
- Well-being Academy
- Therapy dog visits
- Wellness Course (ALA 240)
- Workshops and Tools
- Well-being student organization funding
- Gifts to Wolverine Wellness support these public health-informed education and outreach efforts for students. They also support wellness coaches who serve as guides and help students establish wellness goals.
