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Warning Signs for Adults Who May Have Emotional or Mental Health Issues

  • Mood swings; overwhelming and persistent feelings of sadness, excessive worrying leading to physical symptoms, including panic.
  • Diminished ability to think or concentrate, slowed thinking or indecisiveness

  • Fatigue or loss of energy

  • Withdrawal from family and friends

  • Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities
 
  • Difficulties with sleep; changes in appetite resulting in unintended weight loss or gain; changes in sex drive.

  • Feelings of guilt, emptiness, worthlessness, helplessness, and hopelessness which can lead to thoughts or actions of self harm, or a persistent thought that life is not worth living, wishing “it would all go away.”

Warning Signs for Adolescents Who May Have Emotional Or Mental Health Issues

No one knows an adolescent better than the parent. The most important factor to be aware of is the occurrence of significant changes in patterns of behavior. When in doubt about an adolescents behavior, it is best to have a mental health professional assess the adolescent in order to offer recommendations.

  • Neglect of, or radical change in appearance

  • Falling grades, skipping school, trouble with school authorities

  • Runaway behavior

  • Fighting, ongoing conflict in the home, destruction of property, fire setting, cruelty to animals

  • Secrecy, lying, stealing, always in need of money or acquiring objects without a known means of payment

  • Changes in appetite resulting in unintended weight loss or gain

  • Mood swings
  • Difficulty falling asleep, interrupted sleep, early morning awakening, insomnia, excessive need to sleep, nightmares, bedwetting, sleepwalking

  • Use, or suspected use of alcohol;  illegal, prescription, or over-the-counter drugs

  • Change in circle of friends, social isolation, change in music preference, inappropriate sexual behavior, cult activities

  • Talking about death, expressing a desire to die or be dead, writing or drawing about death, self-inflicted injuries, increase in proneness to accidents, giving away personal belongings

Scope of services:
  • Detox/Intensive Evaluation

  • Residential - Extended Care

  • Partial/Day Treatment
  • Inpatient Substance Abuse/Psychiatric Mental Health/Eating Disorders

  • Aftercare Treatment

For More Information Or Assistance Please Call

1-800-226-0301
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Or Send Email Directly To
Fairwinds Treatment Center

fairwinds@fairwindstreatment.com

When a hospital is not the answer.