Warning Signs of Serious Psychiatric Disorders

Emotional Changes

• Unstable feelings and emotions
• Loss of interest in normal activities and hobbies
• Statements about feeling helpless, hopeless, useless or about “giving up”
• Suicidal thoughts
• Extreme mood swings
• Excessively happy, talkative or energetic with impaired judgment about consequences of actions
• Extreme or long-lasting grief (after loss of spouse, child, friend, home, etc.) with impaired functioning
• Frequent, unexplained crying
• Unprovoked anger, hostility or threatening behavior

Physical Changes

• Unexplained change in appetite or weight
• Severe and persistent changes in sleep/wake patterns
• Medically unexplained and significant change in ability to speak, hear, see or move

Changes in Ability to Think and Reason

• Unexplained loss of concentration or ability to reason clearly
• Seeing or hearing things that do not exist
• Unexplained disorientation or confusion
• Significantly increased forgetfulness

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