“Student Affairs Cares”
Signs & Symptoms
Recognizing when a person may be experiencing mental health concerns.
“Student Affairs Cares”
Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Concerns
There are several signs and symptoms that could indicate a person is experiencing mental health concerns. These may include:
Individuals may display the following behaviors when experiencing distress:
- Aggressive physical and/or verbal acts towards students, faculty, staff, or others
- Expression of suicidal thoughts, ideations, gestures, and/or attempts
- Poor hygiene
- Disruption, withdrawal, and/or isolation
- Stalking and harassment
- Challenging authority
- Excessive talking
- Excessive tardiness
- Inappropriate conduct while on field assignments on and off campus
- Fidgety
- Anxiousness/panic-like symptoms (i.e. rapid breathing, sweating)
- Inability to communicate
- Loss of touch with reality (delusions, disassociations, and hallucinations)
Student Affairs
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Location
1400 John R. Lynch Street
Student Center 2nd Floor (Suite 2102)
Jackson, MS 39217-0280
Phone: 601.979.0374
antonio.e.horton@jsums.edu