FACTORS AFFECTING

MENTAL HEALTH
Rizza Mae Salvania
Marielle Alyanna Zamudio
IV- FARADAY

3 MAIN FACTORS
Hereditary
Factors
Physical
Factors

SocioCultural
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
morelikely 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 Factors
A 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

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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.