Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland: The Future of Mental Health Improvement in Scotland 2008-11
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Appendix B - Examples of risk and protective factors for mental health and mental wellbeing
| Protective Factors | Risk Factors |
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Individual level | positive sense of self good coping skills attachment to family social skills good physical health | low self-esteem low self-efficacy poor coping skills insecure attachment in childhood physical and intellectual disability |
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Social level | positive experience of early attachment supportive caring parents/family good communication skills supportive social relationships sense of social belonging community participation | abuse and violence separation and loss peer rejection social isolation |
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Structural level | safe and secure living environment economic security employment positive educational experience access to support services | neighbourhood violence and crime poverty unemployment/economic insecurity homelessness school failure social or cultural discrimination lack of support services |
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Margaret M. Barry and Rachel Jenkins (2007) Implementing Mental Health Promotion Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
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