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Comprehensive Mental Health Symptom Checklist

The document contains a symptom checklist for various mental health conditions prepared by Dr. Purnima A. Nagaraja, a consultant psychiatrist at Dhrithi Hospitals in Hyderabad, India. It lists common symptoms of depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, personality disorders, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychosis. For each condition, it provides a set of bullet points describing signs and experiences that may indicate the presence of that particular mental health issue.

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Comprehensive Mental Health Symptom Checklist

The document contains a symptom checklist for various mental health conditions prepared by Dr. Purnima A. Nagaraja, a consultant psychiatrist at Dhrithi Hospitals in Hyderabad, India. It lists common symptoms of depression, anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, personality disorders, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychosis. For each condition, it provides a set of bullet points describing signs and experiences that may indicate the presence of that particular mental health issue.

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Dr.Purnima.A.

Nagaraja
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dhrithi Hospitals

SYMPTOM CHECKLIST

Depression

 Little interest or pleasure in doing things


 Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
 Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
 Feeling tired or having little energy
 Poor appetite or overeating
 Feeling guilty about yourself
 Trouble concentrating on things
 Moving or speaking slowly
 Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself

Anxiety

 Feeling nervous, anxious, or restless


 Not being able to sleep
 Worrying excessively
 Trouble relaxing
 Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
 Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
 Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen

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Phobia

 Persistent and unreasonable fear of an object or situation, such as flying, heights,


animals, blood, etc
 Fear that interferes with your daily life

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

 Excessive concerns about dirt and germs (including the fear of spreading germs to
others); and environmental contaminants, such as household cleaners
 The inability to discard anything because it "may be needed sometime," a fear of
losing something or discarding something by mistake
 Unwanted sexual thoughts that one views as inappropriate and unacceptable
 Repeating routine activities for no logical reason
 Repeating questions over and over
 Repeated intruding images of violence
 Excessive, ritualized hand-washing, showering, bathing, or tooth-brushing
 Repeatedly checking to see if a door is locked or an appliance is turned off
 Mental rituals, such as reciting silent prayers in an effort to make a bad thought go
away
 Counting compulsions: counting panes in windows or billboards along a highway,
for example

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Panic attacks

 Repeated or unexpected “attacks” during which you suddenly are overcome by


intense fear or discomfort for no apparent reason
 Experienced a fear of places or situations where getting help or escape might be
difficult, such as in a crowd or on a bridge
 Felt unable to travel without a companion
 Worried about having a heart attack
 Fear of losing control or "going crazy"
 Shortness of breath, trembling, shaking, chest pain, pounding heart, chills or hot
flushes

Personality disorder

 Lack of empathy
 Lack of guilt
 Unstable interpersonal relationships
 Superiority
 Fear of abandonment
 Entitlement
 Grandiosity
 Anger dyscontrol
 Exploitive and manipulative
 Emotionally over reactive or blunted affect
 Infidelity suspicion
 Bears grudges

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Consultant Psychiatrist
Dhrithi Hospitals
Bipolar

 Feel more confident and capable


 Feel very creative with lots of new ideas and plans
 Decreased need for sleep
 Spend, or wish to spend, significant amounts of money
 Increased irritability
 Talks more fast and loud
 Increased motor activity
Substance use

 Resulted in your failure to fulfill responsibilities with work, school, or family


 Continued despite causing problems for you or your loved ones
 Have you ever felt the need to quit drinking or drug use
 Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking or drug use
 Have you ever had a drink or used drugs first thing in the morning to steady your
nerves or to get rid of a hangover

Post-traumatic stress disorder

 You have experienced or witnessed a life-threatening event that caused intense


fear, helplessness, or horror
 Repeated, distressing memories, or dreams
 Acting or feeling as if the event were happening again (flashbacks or a sense of
reliving it)
 Intense physical and/or emotional distress when you are exposed to things that
remind you of the event
 Losing interest in significant activities of your life
 Irritability or outbursts of anger

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Consultant Psychiatrist
Dhrithi Hospitals

Psychosis

 See or hear things that other people cannot see or hear


 Have trouble distinguishing whether something I experience or perceive may be
real or may only be part of my imagination or my dreams.
 Heard two or more voices conversing with one another in voices that other people
would not be able to hear.
 Thinks other people can sometimes read my mind, or I can read other’s minds.
 Believe that someone may be planning to cause me harm
 Believe I have special or supernatural gifts beyond my natural talents
 Have difficulty getting myself organised to complete any kind of daily activity.

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