 Recognizing signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis. So let us discuss some signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis. Each individual may present with different signs and symptoms and it also varies with the different mental health condition. However, some of the common signs are, first thing is changes in mood. People may experience intense changes in mood like feelings of sadness, feelings of hopelessness, feelings of guilt, feeling that they are a burden to others or they may also experience intense anger or rage, irritability that is becoming angry at small trivial issues which otherwise they would not be. They may also feel anxious or feel overwhelmed about small things or everyday tasks may seem difficult for them. So these are the changes in mood which if it is lasting for more than few days to few weeks then it may, we may have to consider a mental health condition. Other than that, some of them may become withdrawn or isolated. Lot of people who are doing their day to day activity or they are socially involved may seem to be withdrawn or decrease their interaction with their peers, colleagues, stop doing activities which they are otherwise interested to do. So this also may be an important sign of a mental health issue. Next thing coming to changes in sleep. So disturbances in sleep are one of the most important signs of mental health problem. So there can be very type of disturbances in sleep. Some of them may not get sleep at all for a very long time. They may sleep very late in the morning or some of them get up very early, more than two hours of their usual waking up time or they may have difficulty in maintaining their sleep. Sometimes they get up multiple times during the night and they may not feel that their sleep is refreshing. Similarly there may be a decreased in appetite that is people feel they are not feeling very hungry or they start reducing their food intake. So this may also lead to weight loss. So in contrast to that there may be increased sleep or increased appetite during stressful situations. And coming to some more important signs, people may have thoughts of harming themselves or suicidal behaviors. They may have thoughts that they are burdened to others or they may feel that their life is not worth living. So they may also have some attempts at dying or killing themselves. So this is again an important sign which needs to be recognized immediately and need to be taken help immediately. Next coming to hallucinations and delusions. Hallucinations and delusions are very important signs of mental health crisis. Hallucinations are the person feels as if somebody is talking to him or some people are talking about him though there is nobody around him. So based on these hallucinations their behaviors can manifest in different forms. They may become irritable, they may become suspicious, etc. Delusions are false beliefs which are present in the person. So the person may believe that somebody is trying to do some harm to them or somebody is trying to kill him. So based on these beliefs itself their behavior manifests. For example a person believing that somebody is trying to kill him may not eat the food which is cooked by him thinking that it is poison or they may start hiding from people. They may be always indoors thinking that somebody is out to get them. So hallucinations and delusions are important signs of a serious mental illness which require immediate help. People with mental health issues may also experience poor concentration, difficulty in making day to day decisions, difficulty in making good judgments. Also people with mental health issues can resort to different types of substance abuse. They can lead, they can start using alcohol, they can take tobacco, cannabis, heroin or any kind of addictive substances. So during which time they may feel there is a temporary relief from the symptoms however in contrast it only worsens the situation. So as the mental health worsens there can be serious neglect of personal care and hygiene. So if these are all the signs of mental health illnesses or crises or issues. So if you find yourself or your loved ones experiencing these symptoms, kindly seek immediate professional help.