5 Behaviors of a Person Who May Need Intervention

Behavior 1: Highly disruptive behavior

(verbal hostility, aggression, and failure to comply with corrective feedback)

Behavior 2: Inability to communicate clearly

(garbled, pressured speech; disorganized, confused or rambling thoughts)

Behavior 3: Loss of contact with reality

(seeing or hearing things that others cannot see or hear; irrational beliefs or fears that others may be conspiring against them)

Behavior 4: Stalking behaviors and inappropriate communications

(including threatening letters, e-mail messages; harassment)

Behavior 5: Suicidal thoughts and/or threats to harm others

(may be communicated orally or in written formats through e-mail, assignments, or on a social network)

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