Mental health issues and conditions

Mental health issues and conditions encompass various cognitive, emotional and behavioural issues that may cause concern or distress. 

They affect how a person thinks, feels and behaves. And include issues which children and young people experience in relation to normal life stressors. It covers the area of the continuum from the yellow zone right through into the red zone.

When an individual has seen a health professional for their mental health issue, they might be diagnosed with a mental health condition. This is a clinical diagnosis (such as depression or anxiety) relating to a condition that significantly interferes with a person’s cognitive, emotional or social abilities.