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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Interventions range from mental health and psychosocial support to case management and referrals, first aid and medical consultations, recreational activities and the distribution of dignity kits.
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Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
While group dynamics are often challenging, the report recognizes that the psychosocial landscape for directors has become especially complicated.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
On the ground level, interventions like the ongoing Brothers at Heart project, which provides immediate mental health care through therapy, as well as UNICEF’s space for children to engage in psychosocial support, have been lauded.
—TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
Working alongside partners, UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance, ensuring access to medical care, psychosocial support and safe spaces where children can begin the process of healing and recovery.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Before the war, more than 500,000 children required mental health and psychosocial support in the Gaza Strip, according to UNICEF.
—TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
The mental fitness program should direct the employer to leverage a Plan-Do-Check-Act approach to measure and evaluate how well existing programs and policies reduce psychosocial factors and hazards that can drain employees’ batteries and what efforts are charging batteries.
—Bill Howatt, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Research suggests that psychosocial factors play a role in both developing and coping with heart disease.
—Gina Ryder, STAT, 3 Jan. 2024
Years of conflict, misery and grief have left up to 8 million people in need of mental health and psychosocial services in Yemen.
—Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
While group dynamics are often challenging, the report recognizes that the psychosocial landscape for directors has become especially complicated.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
On the ground level, interventions like the ongoing Brothers at Heart project, which provides immediate mental health care through therapy, as well as UNICEF’s space for children to engage in psychosocial support, have been lauded.
—TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
Working alongside partners, UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance, ensuring access to medical care, psychosocial support and safe spaces where children can begin the process of healing and recovery.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Before the war, more than 500,000 children required mental health and psychosocial support in the Gaza Strip, according to UNICEF.
—TIME, 27 Feb. 2024
The mental fitness program should direct the employer to leverage a Plan-Do-Check-Act approach to measure and evaluate how well existing programs and policies reduce psychosocial factors and hazards that can drain employees’ batteries and what efforts are charging batteries.
—Bill Howatt, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Research suggests that psychosocial factors play a role in both developing and coping with heart disease.
—Gina Ryder, STAT, 3 Jan. 2024
Years of conflict, misery and grief have left up to 8 million people in need of mental health and psychosocial services in Yemen.
—Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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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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