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You will find information about some common mental health topics here. The following links will take you to their dedicated page.
If there’s a topic you don’t see here, the following link will take you to a full directory of mental health topics:
Addiction is not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point that it may be harmful to you. Common addictions are to alcohol or drugs, but it’s possible to become addicted to anything from gambling to chocolate.
Anxiety can be a long-term condition. It causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of issues, rather than 1 specific event. People with anxiety can feel anxious most days. They often struggle to remember the last time they felt relaxed.
Bereavement is the experience of losing someone important to us. It’s characterised by grief, which is the process and the range of emotions we go through when we experience a loss.
Everyone has spells of feeling down, but depression is more than just spending a few days feeling sad or unhappy. Depression can make you feel persistently sad and down for weeks or months at a time.
Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or sometimes questioning), intersex, asexual, and others. The “plus” represents other sexual identities, including pansexual. The acronym is used to represent a diverse range of sexualities and gender identities.
Many people suffer from periods of low mood, stress or anxiety — often triggered by life events like health issues, work-related stress, bereavement or money worries. Sometimes, just the grind of daily life can get us down.
Money worries can have a negative effect on our mental health and well-being. There are specialist services in Lanarkshire that can help us with our money worries and give us advice on benefits and debt.
Perinatal mental health (PMH) problems are those which occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child. Perinatal mental illness affects up to 27% of new and expectant mums and covers a wide range of conditions.
Self-harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body. It is a way of expressing deep emotional feelings such as low self-esteem, or a way of coping with traumatic events, such as the death of a loved one.
There are a lot of names for sleep problems – you might have heard of conditions like insomnia (when you can’t sleep), or hypersomnia (when you sleep too much). You might also have heard of sleep apnoea, or narcolepsy, where your body can’t control sleeping or staying awake properly.
Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure. Pressure turns into stress when you feel unable to cope.
If you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts or thinking about killing yourself, it’s important to know that you’re not alone. There is practical support and advice available.
