Mental Health Care

Reasons to Seek Help

The following are some of the symptoms that usually signal the need for professional counseling. Only a trained professional can diagnose and determine the treatment needed.

•  Crippling or excessive anxieties (phobias, fears, panic attacks)

•  Marked personality change

•  Prolonged depression and apathy (a sense of hopelessness, loss of pleasure in life, helplessness, confusion, or constant frustration)

•  Wide mood swings (extreme highs and lows)

•  Excessive anger or hostility; destructive, abusive, or violent behavior

•  Abuse of drugs or alcohol

•  Marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns

•  Thinking or talking about suicide

•  A feeling that you’ve lost control of your life

•  Inability to cope with problems or daily activities, such as school, job, or personal needs

•  Sexual problems or abuse

•  Preoccupation with physical illness

•  Strange or grandiose ideas

•  Problems on the job

•  Overall decline in job performance

•  Difficulty interacting with other people (friends, significant other, parents, children, and co-workers)

•  Post-traumatic stress disorder

•  Denial of obvious problems; strong resistance to receiving help

•  Seeing or hearing things that aren’t actually present

•  Suspiciousness or paranoia

•  Extreme jealousy

•  Difficulty with authority

•  Social withdrawal and isolation

•  Inability to cope with the loss of a loved one

•  Problems with the law

•  Compulsive behaviors (i.e., spending, gambling, overeating)

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