The phrase 'poor mental state' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an individual who is struggling mentally, such as when a person is overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed. For example, "He had been dealing with a poor mental state for several weeks."
In Los Angeles, he was not given the required screening that could have revealed his poor mental state.
Montgomery said the district judge, Howard Riddle, who heard the extradition case, should have ruled Dewani could not be sent back because of his poor mental state.
"However, that is countered by the very poor mental state of Mr McKinnon due to the ongoing pressure of these proceedings.
But she warned that Mr McKinnon, who suffers from a form of autism known as Asperger's Syndrome, was in a "very poor mental state" because of stress.
A higher index value indicates a higher degree of multimorbidity or poor mental state respectively.
Patterns of changing views consisted of gradual realisation of poor mental state and subsequent need for treatment.
The discomfort threshold varied depending upon his mental status, ranging from 40-50 dB in the comparatively poorer mental state to 70-95 dB in the relatively good mental state.
No number of goof-ass Ozzman faces can take away the misery this song inflicted upon my poor, juvenile mental state.
Mean scores on the AYMH scale were associated with measures often employed to detect poor mental health states (such as single-item questions on happiness, self-rated health, and self-rated mental health).
It has been hypothesized that oxidative stress through free radicals may be involved in accelerated telomere shortening in case of poor mental health states (Hovatta et al. 2010), although the detailed molecular mechanisms involved are still poorly understood.
We argue that even though the AYMH scale has limited use as a screening tool for depression and anxiety among boys, it has other positive attributes to justify its future use as a first step in screening for poor mental health states in 10-14 year old children.
