First-year Student Guide
Go Blue! A First Year Student's Guide to Survive & Thrive at U-M: UHC is happy to launch a new resource created exclusively for you, where we focus on 18 commonly experienced issues (e.g., making friends, impostor phenomenon, time management, feeling overwhelmed, etc.) you may face during your adjustment to U-M. We also provide practical strategies on how to ease your transition to university student life and promote positive psychological well-being.
Togetherall
Togetherall is a clinically moderated, online peer-to-peer mental health community that reaches and empowers a diverse population of students to anonymously seek and provide support.
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Features 24/7 clinical moderation to ensure the community remains vibrant, supportive, and inclusive, and to identify risk and escalate crisis support as appropriate
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Offers self-directed courses, self-assessments, journals, and articles
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Integrates with UM-specific resources
Screenings
Eating and Body Image Concerns
If you are interested in participating in an EPA (Eating Patterns Assessment) or if you are referred from another office, please schedule an initial access appointment with a CAPS counselor through your patient portal or by calling us at 734-764-8312. At your intake appointment, you will have the opportunity to discuss your concerns and goals and to request an EPA with a specially trained staff member.
The EPA includes:
- Clinical interview, which is an in-person, one-on-one assessment of current and past eating patterns, body image concerns, and the biopsychosocial impact of eating patterns.
- Three take-home measures to help identify and quantify eating and body image concerns.
- Feedback and planning session highlighting themes that arose during the EPA, high scores from the measures along with their standard interpretations, and recommendations.
You are encouraged to be engaged throughout this process and to work together with your counselor to determine next steps for treatment or ongoing support at the conclusion of the EPA. Please also see UHC’s Eating and Body Image Concerns Clinic.
Alcohol and Other Drug Concerns
If you are referred for a confidential ASAP (Assessment of Substance Abuse Patterns) from another office or department or if you are interested in participating in an ASAP, please schedule an initial access appointment with a CAPS counselor through your patient portal or by calling us at 734-764-8312. At your intake appointment, you will have the opportunity to request an ASAP with a specially trained staff member.
This is a two-part process involving:
- An opportunity for each student to examine patterns of alcohol, marijuana or other drug use and related concerns within the context of the “whole person”.
- The student receives personally-relevant feedback from the trained CAPS counselor and is then supported in making realistic decisions about their future use, choices and goals.