Mental distress or anxiety suffered as a response to a sudden, severe, and saddening experience. ["Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey" (1970) 125 CLR 383]
"Emotional distress" may refer to:
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emotional distress — emo·tion·al distress n: a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another s conduct and for which damages may be sought – called also emotional harm, mental anguish, mental distress, mental… … Law dictionary
emotional distress — suffering, pain, bad emotional state, break down … English contemporary dictionary
Negligent infliction of emotional distress — Tort law Part of the … Wikipedia
Intentional infliction of emotional distress — (IIED) is a tort claim of recent origin for intentional conduct that results in extreme emotional distress. Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional , but the tort is the same. Some jurisdictions refer to IIED as the… … Wikipedia
infliction of emotional distress — in·flic·tion of emotional distress: the tort of intentionally or negligently causing emotional distress – called also infliction of mental distress; see also emotional distress Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
intentional infliction of emotional distress — n. A deliberate act done expressly to inflict emotional distress on its victim. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. intentional infliction of emotional distress … Law dictionary
negligent infliction of emotional distress — n. The act of inflicting emotional distress on another by one s negligent act. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the… … Law dictionary
Distress In cancer caregiving — An informal or primary caregiver is an individual in a cancer patient’s life that provides unpaid assistance and cancer related care [1]. Due to the typically late onset of cancer, caregivers are often the spouses and/or children of patients, but … Wikipedia
Emotional Freedom Technique — Alternative medicine / fringe therapies Claims Tapping on meridian points on the body, derived from acupuncture, can release energy blockages that cause negative emotions[1] … Wikipedia
