mental distress

collocation in English

meaningsofmentalanddistress

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mental
adjective
uk
/ˈmen.təl/us
/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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distress
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈstres/us
/dɪˈstres/
a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, ...
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(Definition ofmentalanddistressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As people age, the propensity for health problems increases and this increase is correlated with reduced functioning andmentaldistress.
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We happen to believe that both destructive envy and conflicting wishes for separateness and union are important ideas for understandingmentaldistress.
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Both odds ratios remained statistically significant after an additional adjustment formentaldistressat baseline.
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The fact of mental mediation is nevertheless important when it is narrowed to forms ofmentaldistressthat entail mutual responsibility.
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To uncover this problem, models on the association between organizational equity and diagnosed psychiatric disorders were adjusted for baselinementaldistress.
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Mentaldistressin bereaved parents was found to decrease over time without any distinct turning point.
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The concept of time awareness in this context could also become increasingly important as an indicator of success in coping withmentaldistresscaused by a life-threatening disease.
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Hate speech, which causesmentaldistress, also causes physical distress.
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Patients with highermentaldistressand a lower quality of life were expected to report a subjective slowing down of time and to overestimate time durations they were experiencing.
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In addition to the victims' privatementaldistress, their avoidance behavior affects their relationships to the social world; they often withdraw into a protective shelter of isolation.
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The authors explore the multiple dimensions of disempowerment and empowerment and show how ideology, policy and practice all serve to disempower people with severementaldistress.
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Mentaldistress, and biological and life style variables were dichotomous.
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The three guardsmen now have the addedmentaldistressof not knowing what any outcome in the courts would he.
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Their physical welfare is for a moment put in danger and a great deal ofmentaldistressis caused.
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It may be cruel and cause a great deal of suffering andmentaldistress.
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There ismentaldistress, a high cost for the national health service, and truancy from schools.
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I could add the rules about possession, contributory negligence ormentaldistress.
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Maybe a girl'smentaldistressis brought about by pressures from male relatives.
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A remarkable feature of the severe gases is the intensementaldistresswhich accompanies the symptoms.
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