SOCIAL FACTORS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL FACTORS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH A person’s condition concerning their psychological and emotional being is what we call mental health. Most mental diseases and psychological well-being are influenced by social factors (such as gender, class, race and ethnicity, and household patterns) and social institutions. The capacity to cope effectively with growing numbers of persons with mental illness, increasing suicide and depression depends substantially on the social arrangements affecting family, social life, work, income support, awareness, and medical care. The uneven distribution of goods effects on mental illness in later life is complicated by the relationships among symptom occurrence, drug use, and physical illness. The varying ways individuals and families define illness, evaluate its significance and take remedial action. Age cohorts and ethnic groups respond differently in recognizing psychological symptoms, perceptions of stigma, and willingness to hunt fo...
