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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