2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Environment Safety Access to health services and programs
Socioeconomic status

8. Internal Factors Hereditary traits Hormonal functioning
Physical health status
Physical fitness