When to Get Help

If you have general mental health questions, desire health information or simply do not feel you are living up to your full potential, email uhwotalk@hawaii.edu to schedule an appointment for treatment or consultation.

Be sure to make an immediate appointment if:

• as a result of psychological issues, family problems, or other life stressors, there is a significant decline in your ability to function at work or school.
• you have had recent thoughts of suicide or wish you were dead.
• you are afraid you may not be able to control your impulse to hurt someone else.
• there are noticeable changes in your appetite or sleeping patterns.
• you have or have had a previous mental health diagnosis or if you have ever taken psychotropic medications.
• your anxiety makes it difficult or uncomfortable to socialize or establish friendships.
• you have a loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.
• you feel distress.
• you have unusual experiences that you cannot rationally explain.
• people important to you have expressed recent concerns about your substance abuse.