Psychological and social factors
Framing
- Physical and psychological health influence each other bidirectionally - chronic physical illness affects psychological wellbeing, and psychological/social factors shape health behaviours and physical disease outcomes - with social services playing an important supporting role in addressing the social determinants contributing to this interaction
- Effective general medical care requires actively assessing and addressing this psychological/social dimension, not treating the physical disease process in isolation from its psychosocial context
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