Signs & Symptoms That Your Child
Is Depressed

• Sadness or hopelessness
• Irritability, anger or hostility
• Tearfulness or frequent crying
• Withdrawal from friends and family
• Loss of interest in activities
• Changes in eaging and sleeping habits
  
• Restlessness and agitation
  
• Feelings of worthlessness and guilt
  
• Lack of enthusiasm and motivation
  
• Fatigue or lack of energy
  
• Difficulty concentrating
  
• Thoughts of death or suicide

Source:  Helpguide.org

Signs That Your Child Is Abusing
Drugs Or Alcohol

• Changes in friends
  
• Negative changes in schoolwork, missing school or declining grades
  
• Increased secrecy about possessions or activities
  
• Use of incense, room deodorant or perfume to hide smoke or
  chemical odors
  
• Subtle changes in conversations with friends, e.g. more secretive, using “coded” language
  
• Change in clothing choices: new fascination with clothes that
  highlight drug use
  
• Increase in borrowing money
  
• Evidence of drug paraphernalia such as pipes, rolling papers, etc.
  
• Evidence of use of inhalant procucts such as hairspray, nail polish, correction fluid, common household products; rags and paper bags are sometimes used as accessories
  
• Bottles of eye drops, which may be used to mask bloodshot eyes
  or dilated pupils
  
• New use of mouthwash or breathmints to cover the smell of alcohol
  
• Missing prescription drugs, especially narcotics and mood stabilizers
  
  

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Check Out These Websites For More Information
On Alcohol & Drug Problems

www.abovetheinfluence.com

www.drugfree.org