Dr. Still treats adolescents in a collaborative fashion, which typically will involve family members, pediatricians, counselors, and school staff.

Parents of adolescents who observe the following behaviors may benefit from a mental health evaluation:

• Marked change in school performance
• Inability to cope with problems
• Marked changes in sleeping and/or eating habits
• Frequent physical complaints
• Sexual promiscuity
• Prolonged negative mood and attitude, poor appetite, difficulty sleeping, or thoughts of death
• Recurrent nightmares
• Thoughts of causing harm to oneself or others
• Self injurious behavior, including “cutting”
• Self destructive behavior and habits (smoking, alcohol, or drug use)
• Frequent outbursts of anger and aggression
• Threats to run away
• Aggressive or non-aggressive violation of the rights of others, including opposition to authority, school attendance problems, theft, or vandalism
• Strange thoughts, beliefs, feelings, or unusual behaviors