Your Teenager May Benefit from Treatment

• Marked decrease in school performance
• Poor grades in school despite the fact the adolescent is trying hard
• Excessive fears, worry, anxiety or crying
• Hyperactivity or fidgeting beyond that observed in other adolescents
• Persistent risk-taking
• Constant disobedience, aggression, or provocative opposition to authority
• Inability to make or keep friends
• Significant weight loss or weight fluctuation not related to a known medical condition
• Obsessive fears of becoming obese with no relation to actual body weight
• Excessive complaints of physical ailments
• Aggressive or non-aggressive violation of other people’s rights, truancy, thefts, fire-setting, or vandalism
• Threats to runaway
• Self-mutilation, e.g., cutting, burning, scratching
• Sustained, prolonged sadness and withdrawn mood and attitude, often accompanied by poor appetite, difficulty sleeping or thoughts of death
• Frequent outbursts of anger
• Frequent thoughts or worries about death
• Alcohol or drug use