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Can severe debt problems lead to mental illness?

Personal debt is a growing problem in the more likely to incur even more debt.
UK, but is an even greater problem for The department of health and the
those that suffer mental illness for a environment at the Wales Centre for
variety of reasons. In many cases it is Health is conducting research into the
the anxiety over the amount of debt they link between ill health and debt.
have that has contributed to the mental Director Susan Malby said:
health issue, but others have got into "Most of us are in debt of some kind, but
debt while already suffering from the we prefer to call it credit, a much more
illness. socially acceptable way of describing
Even now, as would-be lenders become debt. However, over-indebtedness isn't
ultra-cautious about to whom they lend, linked uniquely with poor debt management
credit is still readily available. or low-income families. Events such as
Advertising regularly espouses the "buy birth of a child, sudden unemployment,
now, pay later" culture, into which many the death of someone close, long-term
of us have been drawn. It now appears illness or disability; all significantly
impossible to enjoy an everyday life increase the chances of falling into
without incurring some element of debt severe debt."
along the way, as many struggle to get The study has found that many who fall
onto the housing ladder or afford their into debt suffer health problems because
drastically increased mortgage payments. they can no longer afford to eat properly
But, while most manage to just keep their or heat their home. That adds to the
head above water, financially, many more anxiety they are already feeling and
are drowning in debt, and dealing with that's when people can slip into the
that throws up many emotional problems. spiral of hopelessness that in-turn leads
The classification of 'over-indebtedness' to lack of self-esteem at best, or can
by the Citizens Advice Bureau includes manifest itself as mental illness in
someone who is "unable to pay their worst case scenarios.
current credit repayments and meet their To prevent that Malby recommends that
other commitments without reducing other anyone in the situation where they need
expenditure below normal minimal levels." help finding appropriate debt solutions,
Many of the people who fall into that should immediately contact the Citizens
classification will suffer more readily Advice Bureau in the first instance, and
from depression and ill-health, and that get back on the road to financial and
includes mental illness, as well as being emotional well-being.




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