Assignment 3: Risk And Protective Factors
Option 3: Risk and Protective Factors
Risk factors are defined as the conditions or events that increase the chance of unwanted negative mental health outcomes. Protective factors are assets or resources that help to offset or prevent a negative mental health outcome. Throughout my life thus far, I have experienced several risk factors as well as several protective factors that shaped who I am today in terms of my mental health and well-being. The textbook also explains four mechanisms that help people deal with adversity and foster a good mental health and defines good mental health as the presence of cognitive, social and emotional functioning.
Early Childhood
From the individual level, the textbook gives several examples of risk factors. …show more content…
I was involved with extra-curriculars outside of school, which allowed me to distance myself away from the risk factors I encountered at school. I had another group of friends I could depend on for being positive role models and to foster positive peer relationships. My parents continued to monitor me because they understood that I was going through a tough time with friends in middle school. Because of these factors, they asked me if I wanted to attend the high school in my neighbourhood. By moving schools, this allowed me to completely start over and virtually eliminate the risk factors that came with attending this middle …show more content…
Both of them were struggling with a mental illness. My entire family was unaware of the mental health condition that my grandfather was in after he was diagnosed with cancer. This put huge stress on my mother’s mental health as well as my own as I care dearly for both my grandmother and my grandfather. Currently, grandmother’s mental illness is another risk factor that is present in my life. My grandmother is incapable of taking care of herself due to her severe arthritis. My mother took on the administrative work to get her moved to a care facility but our entire family puts a lot of time and energy to see her. This has put stress on everyone including myself. She does not show many signs of improvement and still struggles with mild
Risk factors are defined as the conditions or events that increase the chance of unwanted negative mental health outcomes. Protective factors are assets or resources that help to offset or prevent a negative mental health outcome. Throughout my life thus far, I have experienced several risk factors as well as several protective factors that shaped who I am today in terms of my mental health and well-being. The textbook also explains four mechanisms that help people deal with adversity and foster a good mental health and defines good mental health as the presence of cognitive, social and emotional functioning.
Early Childhood
From the individual level, the textbook gives several examples of risk factors. …show more content…
I was involved with extra-curriculars outside of school, which allowed me to distance myself away from the risk factors I encountered at school. I had another group of friends I could depend on for being positive role models and to foster positive peer relationships. My parents continued to monitor me because they understood that I was going through a tough time with friends in middle school. Because of these factors, they asked me if I wanted to attend the high school in my neighbourhood. By moving schools, this allowed me to completely start over and virtually eliminate the risk factors that came with attending this middle …show more content…
Both of them were struggling with a mental illness. My entire family was unaware of the mental health condition that my grandfather was in after he was diagnosed with cancer. This put huge stress on my mother’s mental health as well as my own as I care dearly for both my grandmother and my grandfather. Currently, grandmother’s mental illness is another risk factor that is present in my life. My grandmother is incapable of taking care of herself due to her severe arthritis. My mother took on the administrative work to get her moved to a care facility but our entire family puts a lot of time and energy to see her. This has put stress on everyone including myself. She does not show many signs of improvement and still struggles with mild