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A disturbing or unpleasant mental or emotional state, such as fear, anxiety, depression, confusion, mood-swings, strange ideas, your senses playing tricks on you etc, (often producing physical symptoms or behaviours) often impairing your ability to cope with day-to-day living.
Mental distress refers to a wide range of experiences, from relatively mild and transitory states to more chronic and severe conditions. |
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Who experiences mental distress? |
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Mental distress is common and can happen to anyone, 1 in 4 people will suffer from some form of mental distress at some point in their lives, (with as many as 1 in 50 experiencing chronic and severe conditions). |
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Changes adopts an holistic approach, working on your physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being. Over the past decade, Changes has helped many people on the road to recovery and continues to provide a relevant and effective recovery service for those in mental distress. Please go to our Getting Help page to discover how Changes can help you. |
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Common Forms of Mental Distress |
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NB: these terms are for information only
Changes discourages the use labels |
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Statistics show that as many as 1 in 4 people will suffer from some form of mental distress at some point in their lives. Many more will be indirectly affected as their friends and loved ones suffer. |
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