Understand the signs and indicators of poor mental health around you. 

These were the warning signs of poor mental health.  These weren’t the diagnostic criteria. The content of this article aims at finding early signs of depression, anxiety, and other disorders. That’ll help to create an opportunity to deal with mental health problems before they get grave. 

Are you looking out for a friend or family member to see if they need help? Are you exhibiting any of these indicators?

If you strongly feel that you have these indicators, don’t worry. Take a screening test. If you must, meet a psychologist.

A related step is getting a valid screening done. You might find this screening useful^[2].

Perhaps you need something more in-depth and exhaustive to understand mental health issues. Here is a larger resource for research supported screening tests^[3].

I would strongly recommend meeting a professional psychologist/ counselor/psychiatrist if there are many indicators and the screening measures point toward some mental health problems. 

Disclaimer 2: A lot of people are aware that they need mental health help and they are aware of their own signs of depression and anxiety. However, everyone is not in a position to accept that and do something about it. If you suspect that someone is depressed or having some mental health problems follow the key points I’ve outlined in this article about talking with depressed people.

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I understand if you teleported into an introspective zone. Are you feeling anxious? You can use a variety of techniques to relax your mind. They are simple and can bring you a lot of good. Practice them a few times. You’ll feel great.

Returning to the point of this article, mental health issues are fairly common. As you have seen the signs of depression and anxiety are varied and can be seen in many aspects of being human. Let us now look at a few numbers.