Project Members: SL, CN, WZ
Keywords: student mental health, teletherapy, physical and digital accessibility, how to get care
Welcome to our homepage! Here, we aim to outline our project and provide an introduction to our findings, in addition to our sources.
Project description: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is a resource that is offered to all University of Michigan (U-M) students who have anything regarding mental health that they need to talk to someone about. However, CAPS, like other forms of therapy, is not always going to be perfect for all students and all issues. This project will look into current U-M students’ experiences with CAPS as well as some of the potential reasons behind shortcomings within CAPS and mental health services in general. By looking at mental health services as a whole, and specifically the changes they’ve undergone since 2020, we will get a better picture of how these issues translate into the smaller atmosphere that is CAPS.
Goal: To explore evolution of CAPS and, more broadly, how COVID-19 and the transition to teletherapy has impacted mental health services and their accessibility; provide advice for students seeking mental health services on campus and suggestions for how CAPS could be improved.
Bibliography:
Find a therapist, psychologist, Counselor – Psychology Today. Psychology Today. (n.d.). https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
How does teletherapy work?. Psychology.org | Psychology’s Comprehensive Online Resource. (2022, August 18). https://www.psychology.org/resources/how-does-teletherapy-work/#:~:text=What%20is%20Teletherapy%3F,sessions%2C%20just%20from%20a%20distance.
Imran, S. (2023, December 5). Betterhelp controversy analyzed [2024]. Therapy Helpers. https://therapyhelpers.com/blog/betterhelp-controversy/
Welcome to counseling and Psychological Services (caps). U. (n.d.). https://caps.umich.edu/
Wiederhold B. K. (2020). Teletherapy: The New Norm?. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 23(10), 655–656. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.29196.editorial
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