Social Media Ideas for Mental Distress

UK College Offers Free Mental Health Course as Student and Teacher Distress Reaches Record Levels

1.2 billion people suffer mental disorder worldwide

New Delhi, May 22: About  1.2 billion people worldwide had mental disorders, reflecting a 95.5% increase since 1990, a new study has found. Most mental disorders were more common i...

Quarter of young people report high levels of psychological distress - report

Access to specialist services has decreased, alongside high rates of declined referrals, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission's report found.

Inside India’s suicide crisis, where metros lead in deaths of despair

India's major cities face alarming mental health strain, with Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai reporting high suicide numbers and rates according to NCRB 2024 data. Family stress, unem...

Anxiety, depression plague up to 66% of Hong Kong subdivided flat tenants: NGO

As many as two-thirds of 158 subdivided housing tenants supported by an NGO in Hong Kong have shown signs of anxiety or depression, highlighting calls for stronger counselling and...

Riddle : Emotional Distress

Braingle's Daily Brain Teaser for Jun 01, 2026 I am feared by many people; but scramble my letters and I become hated. What am I? Check Braingle.com for the answer.

The Mental Health Crisis We’re Not Naming

Despite the profoundly social and political nature of distress, the dominant response continues to individualize the problem. The post The Mental Health Crisis We’re Not Naming app...

A meta-analysis pooling 65 separate studies on unsecured personal debt found people carrying it had roughly triple the o...

Debt has become such a normal part of financial life, credit cards, car loans, student loans, mortgages, that it rarely gets treated as a health question. A large body of psycholog...

Rising mental health concerns in Tanzania prompt special prayers for youth

Social factors such as low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with physical appearance have also been identified as key drivers of mental distress, often leading to feelings of isolat...

Wrex – ‘SADWORLD’

Mental health problems are confusing. The sorrow can be consuming. Maybe voices are vying for your attention, they don’t seem to agree. Anger and sadness snake between each other....

Study Reveals Silent Mental Health Crisis Among Mothers Caring for Disabled Children

Caregiving mothers of disabled children face severe hidden mental distres...

Thousands in mental health crises forced to get help in overcrowded emergency departments, Dáil committee told

Distress over medical testing, also known as ‘scanxiety,’ can be persistent

DALLAS — For many patients, anxiety can start long before testing. Their stomach might twist in knots in the days leading up to the appointment, and nervousness can persist while w...

Mental Health for Future Human Settlements

As humanity settles new locations on and off the Earth, today's knowledge is inadequate for understanding and responding to future disaster mental health needs.

Mental health distress is on the rise, and remote work is a huge factor behind it: Study

Researchers found that remote workers spend significantly more time alone, and the shift could account for roughly one-third of the increase in mental distress since the pandemic.

Legal system contact tied to years of worse mental health in teens

Youth who have contact with the U.S. legal system may be at increased risk of mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, hostility and psychoticism, according to a stud...

Teen self‑harm: Responses should focus on social context, not just mental health

Around 1 in 6 adolescents worldwide report having self-harmed at some point in their lives. In England, an NHS mental health survey of 2,370 children and young people found that mo...

Are we overdoing our mental health?

It won't be wrong to say that this 15-year-old kid was misrepresenting while telling his friend that he had had childhood traumas on the pretext that his mum wasn’t allowing him to...

Mental Health Disorders Now No. 1 Cause of Disability Worldwide

FRIDAY, May 29, 2026 — Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study.Researchers found nearly 1.2 billion people were l...

Psychological Costs of Experiencing Homelessness

Homelessness makes us think of the severe physical hardships that precede and follow it. Its impact on psychological and social dimensions of life calls for our attention too.

Study shows dangerous associations between drug and alcohol use and adolescent mental health

Adolescents who use drugs or binge drink alcohol are more likely to experience psychological distress and have seriously thought of or attempted suicide, according to a new study f...

Signs, Symptoms, and Suffering

Could your psychiatric signs and symptoms be trying to tell you something important?

Children's mental health crisis risks fueling 'lost generation'

Health experts warn that children's mental health in England has reached crisis levels, as a new report reveals children in the North are more likely to experience mental health di...

The Destruction of Joy, Meaning, and Value

"World sickness" provides a powerful framework for understanding the effects of acute or chronic suffering.