Mental Health Awareness Week runs until May 16 and there can be little doubt that the last year has had a significant emotional and financial impact on thousands of people across Scotland.
Many have faced isolation from friends, family and support networks, with the situation being made worse by the additional burden of problem debt, heightened by the ongoing pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland provides free debt advice and sees first-hand on a daily basis the impact of problem debt on mental health – relationship breakdown, anxiety, depression, isolation and most worryingly suicide.
In April 2021, CAP Scotland launched a report, which highlighted the devastating impact of problem debt on mental…
Read the full article at: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/debt-help-for-mental-health-24110344
