Post on 05-Jan-2016
Psychosocial Health
• Encompasses mental, emotional, social,and spiritual dimensions of health
• Basic elements shared by psychosocially healthy people– Feel good about themselves– Feel comfortable with others– Control tension and anixety– Able to meet demand of life– Curb hate and guilt– Maintain a positive outlook– Enrich the lives of others
Mental health
• “thinking” part of psychosocial health• Ability to reason, interpret, and remember
from a unique perspective• One can intellectually sort through
information, attach meaning and make decisions
• Mentally healthy persons think rationally with fairly accurate perceptions of events
Emotional health
• “feeling” or subjective part of psychosocial health
• Emotionally healthy people are able to respon in a stable and appropriate manner to upsetting events
Social health
• Interactions with others and ability to adapt to social situations
• 2 factors important to social health– Presence of social bonds or social linkages– Presence of key social support, expressive
or tangible
Factors affecting Psycosocial health
• External influences: factors that we do not control– Family influences include family upbringing
Healthy, nurturing families produce more well-adjusted adults
Dysfunctional families may produce confused adults who have a harder time adapting to life
– Environment• Safety• Access to health services and programs• Socioeconomic status
Internal Factors
• Hereditary traits
• Hormonal functioning
• Physical health status
• Physical fitness