psychosocial
adjective
psy·cho·so·cial
ˌsī-kō-ˈsō-shəl 
1
: involving both psychological and social aspects
psychosocial adjustment in marriage
2
: relating social conditions to mental health
psychosocial medicine
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This week, daily pauses in the fighting have calmed the neighborhood somewhat, but not enough for the church to resume aid programs: food hampers, a communal laundry, psychosocial support programs and clinics.
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Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
In late 2024, some eight hundred thousand people across Gaza and the West Bank had received some form of mental-health or psychosocial support, according to the World Health Organization.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
The influential child psychologist Erik Erikson described the psychosocial developmental stage of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 as a period defined by the need to shape identity through connection.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
Statistical models were used to track changes over time and to analyze how IEs might influence outcomes via other (psychosocial) variables.
—New Atlas, 11 July 2025
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Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
In late 2024, some eight hundred thousand people across Gaza and the West Bank had received some form of mental-health or psychosocial support, according to the World Health Organization.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
The influential child psychologist Erik Erikson described the psychosocial developmental stage of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 as a period defined by the need to shape identity through connection.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
Statistical models were used to track changes over time and to analyze how IEs might influence outcomes via other (psychosocial) variables.
—New Atlas, 11 July 2025
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psychosocial
adjective
psy·cho·so·cial
ˌsī-kō-ˈsō-shəl
1
: involving both psychological and social aspects
psychosocial adjustment in marriage
2
: relating social conditions to mental health
psychosocial medicine
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