What You Need to Know About Mental Illness

In adults…

• Confused thinking
• Prolonged depression
• Feelings of extreme highs and lows
• Excessive fears, worries and anxieties
• Social withdrawal
• Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping
• Strong feelings of anger
• Delusions or hallucinations
• Growing inability to cope with daily problems and activities
• Suicidal thoughts  

In adolescents…  

• Inability to cope with problems and daily activities
• Change in sleeping or eating habits
• Defiance of authority, truancy, theft, and/or vandalism
• Prolonged negative mood
• Frequent outbursts of anger

In children…

• Changes in school performance
• Excessive worry or anxiety
• Hyperactivity
• Persistent nightmares
• Persistent disobedience or aggression
• Frequent temper tantrums