Behavior | Thinking | Mood | Life Events

Changes in behavior:

• Accident proneness
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Physical violence toward self, others, animals
• Loss of appetite
• Sudden alienation from family, friends, and co-workers
• Worsening performance at work/school
• Putting personal affairs in order
• Loss of interest in personal appearance
• Disposal of possessions
• Letters, notes, poems with suicidal content
• Taking unnecessary risks
• Purchasing a gun

Changes in thinking:

• Preoccupation with death
• Difficulty concentrating
• Irrational speech
• Hearing voices, seeing visions, expressing obviously false and bizarre beliefs
• Sudden interest or disinterest in church/religion

Changes in mood:

• Expressions of hopelessness, impending doom
• Explosive rage
• Dramatic highs and lows
• Crying spells
• Poor appetite, weight loss
• Lack of sleep or excessive sleep
• Talks about committing suicide

Changes in life events:

• Death of family member or friend, especially by suicide
• Separation or divorce
• Loss of imporant relationship
• Public humiliation or failure
• Serious physical illness or trauma
• Loss of finanial security