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Mental Health Signs That It Is Time To Get Help

Everyone goes through changes in their emotions, thoughts, and behavior from time to time.  When these changes make you less able to function day to day, they may be signs that it is time to get help.  Getting help early on, often keeps symptoms and your mental health from getting worse.   Just because you notice one or two of these symptoms doesn’t mean you or your loved one has a mental illness.  If you find that there are more than several of these signs that you or a loved one exhibit, speak with a trusted adult and ask to be linked to your family pediatrician or a licensed mental health professional.  You are not alone and help is available!

Signs to look for:

• Thoughts of hurting yourself or others

• Delusions or hallucinations

• Poor hygiene

• Loss of interest in activities and hobbies

• Feelings of worthlessness

• Prolonged feelings of sadness, shame or guilt

• Overly anxious or worried, even fearful

• Defiance of authority, truancy, theft, or vandalism

• Angry or aggressive behaviors, or impulsive thrill seeking behaviors

• Frequent outbursts or extreme mood swings

• Unexplained changes in school performance (e.g. increased tardiness or absences, declining grades, poor academic achievement)

• Poor concentration, difficulty focusing, fidgeting, struggling with organization, planning, memory, or the execution of simple tasks 

• Withdrawal from family , friends, and social activities; abandoning typical social nature for a more isolated environment, avoidant.

• Lack of energy or motivation such as physical, mental, or motivational fatigue on occasion

• Unusual sleep patterns or sleep problems, such as difficulty falling asleep, difficult remaining asleep, excessive sleeping, constant sleepiness throughout the day, slow or sluggish movements, and difficulty staying engaged at school and other activities

• Changes in eating habits such as skipping meals, fasting, vomiting ,taking laxatives to control their weight, secretly hiding food or being unable to control food intake

• Self-medicating or abusing drugs and alcohol

• Inability to cope with daily activities or challenges

• Unexplained physical ailments

What to do:

• Complete the Health Collaborative Referral Questionnaire/Cuestionario para remisión de colaboración de salud .

• Contact your school administration or school counselor to consult about a linkage to the Health Collaborative.

• Complete necessary forms with your school adminstration or school counselor.  

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