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If a child is exposed to a family who openly call people with mental illness weak, mock those who are struggling, discourage tears and discussions about feelings as well as instil the ‘man-up’ method of dealing with problems, what might happen?

Environment

Sigmund Freud said that our adult behaviours is influenced by factors that happen in our very early childhood, that we can’t remember. It sits in our unconscious mind impacting on our outlook and subsequent deeds.

Freud

Different people deal with bereavement and age deterioration in a range of different ways, some positively diving into the university of the third age, whilst others hide away and become reclusive. Another aspect that may determine resilience is genetic endowment which may be linked to physical appearance, personal traits or an inherited gene that means is more predisposed to develop a mental illness compared to another.

Holmes-Rahe

No specific gene has been identified and, although there are correlations that is not 100% proof, just a suggested link. The stress diathesis theory suggests some people are more prone to develop illness caused by stress, however, this again is not biologically proven in genetics.

Genetics

Adolescents who already have a shaky resilience and patchy support may then be exposed to bullying through social media or put pressures on themselves to unrealistic achieve goals. If warning signs are missed at school they can feel isolated and alone. Transitioning from child to adult is a confusing time with many pressures and expectations and it is at this stage where self-image is possibly more important than is in other lifespan ages as the teenager tries to work out who they are.

Adolescence

In early adulthood, people start to move out of the more protected environment of school and college where service access is reasonably good and pastoral care to build mental capital into the tough world of work. Some people find themselves in debt or unable to pay their mortgage, whilst others over stretch themselves and have no reserves when things go wrong. There is a certain amount of pride attached to being an organised, high functioning adult with a successful career so when this is not the case, insecurities surface and people are embarrassed to admit they are having problems, especially mental health problems as there is a stigma attached to this

Early adulthood

Socio-economic

  • Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to a person's income level, education, and general position in society.
  • One thing that most social science research agrees upon is that lower socioeconomic status is related to higher levels of mental illness. Researchers have found this relationship to hold constant for almost any mental illness, from rare conditions like schizophrenia to more common mental illnesses like depression.

  • This is known as a negative correlation in research terms. In other words, as one variable increases, the other decreases. In this case, as SES decreases, the incidence of mental health issues generally increases.

Researchers call this a social determinant of health, meaning that our health (including our mental health) is not simply the result of good genes or a healthy diet. Rather, there are social factors that contribute to how healthy we are. These social factors come from both our environment and our social world.

Social psychologists and other social scientists who study mental health have identified a number of socioeconomic factors that increase the possibility that we will experience mental illness:

  • Economic insecurity
  • Substandard education
  • Housing

Housing

  • For many individuals with mental health problems, there is a strong link to insecure, poor quality and overcrowded homes. These environments compound the mental health issues, such as increased noise and the chaotic way of living, especially if overcrowded.

  • They may also find themselves isolated and without support mechanisms.

  • Substandard housing has also been found to impact on socio-emotional development, psychological distress, behavioural problems, and educational outcomes of children and young people.

Severe psychological trauma suffered as a child, such as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse can have a serious impact on mental health later in life

Psychological

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Your mental health

Write list of things that:

a) Improve your mental health

b) Worsen your mental health

Risk and protective factors

Risk factors are those characteristics, variables, or hazards that, if present for a given individual, make it more likely that this individual will develop a disorder. Variables that may be risk factors at one life stage may or may not put an individual at risk at a later stage of development. Risk factors can reside with the individual or within the family, community, or institutions that surround the individual. They can be biological or psychosocial in nature

Risk factors

For example, unusual eye movement is often associated with and predates schizophrenia. Its presence increases the likelihood that an individual will develop schizophrenia, but any efforts to alter such eye movements would be fruitless-for preventing schizophrenia because it is not thought to have a causal role.

Example

Protective factors are characteristics that reduce the likelihood of poor mental health. They may be thought of as strengths or assets that help people to maintain mental wellbeing and be resilient.

Protective factors

Biological factors

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