Emotional distress

Mental distress or anxiety suffered as a response to a sudden, severe, and saddening experience.^[1]

Emotional distress may refer to:

Law of torts:
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Negligent infliction of emotional distress
Medicine:
- Stress (medicine)
- see also List of emotions

References

↑ Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383

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