The development of coastal populations has not shown progress compared to other community groups. Indonesian statistics show that 25% of the poor are coastal communities. This condition has an impact on mental health which affects their quality of life. Therefore, this study aims to identify the mental health conditions of coastal communities in general, especially the symptoms of psychological stress. This research is an observational descriptive study with a survey approach on coastal communities in Kemijen as a population. The number of samples is 224 male population aged 20-5A5 years randomly selected. This study used Kesstler-10 to measure the level of psychological stress. It is known that 7% have moderate mental disorders and 18.7% tend to have mild mental disorders. The biggest symptoms detected are depression, anxiety, and restless. Another important finding from observations is that people tend to have violent behaviour both individually and in groups as coping with problems. This result illustrates that the community needs mental health education. It is necessary to conduct in-depth research on the findings of this study and also increase Government efforts for the welfare of the community by realizing mental health services for coastal communities.

Keywords: mental health, coastal populations, psychological distress