Factors Affecting Mental Health

FACTORS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH

Rizza Mae SalvaniaMarielle Alyanna Zamudio

IV- FARADAY

3 MAIN FACTORS

Hereditary Factors

Physical Factors

Socio- Cultural Factors

Hereditary Factors• What is heredity?

- sum total of the qualities, characteristics, and traits which have been transmitted from generation to generation.

Hereditary Factors• Many mental illnesses run

in families, suggesting that people who have a family member with a mental illness are more likely to develop one themselves.

Hereditary Factors• According to the 2000 Diagnostic

and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, individuals with first degree relatives suffering from schizophrenia are at 10 times greater risk for getting it compared to the general population.

Hereditary Factors

Physical FactorsA tired, malnourished child tends to be irritable and unreasonable. His attention span is short and his infrequent reading may be due to physical disabilities of vision, hearing or even neurological disorder.

Physical Factors

Socio- Cultural Factors

HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Socio- Cultural Factors• HOME

- place where a child is first and significantly influenced

Socio- Cultural Factors• The emotional atmosphere that the

child experiences at home determines whether he will have feelings of personal security, safety or anxiety, hatred or defiance of authority in the future.

Socio- Cultural Factors

“A broken home results in a broken

child. ”

Socio- Cultural Factors• SCHOOL

- the school can assist the child with his mental health problems as well as becoming well- informed and physically healthy.

Socio- Cultural Factors- The school curriculum

must be made in such a way that it can help promote personality adjustment.

Socio- Cultural Factors• COMMUNITY

- Social support, good friendships, and the ability to participate in economic and community life help people to maintain good mental health.

Socio- Cultural Factors- Belonging to a social

network can make people feel loved, valued and cared for.

Socio- Cultural Factors- Research shows that supportive

relationships encourage healthier behaviour patterns, improve wellbeing by acting as a buffer against stress, and influence self-esteem and the ability to cope.