PSYCHOSOCIAL - What Are Psychosocial Needs?

What Are Psychosocial Needs?

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Psychosocial needs includes development; mental health; sexuality; social, cultural, and ethnic identity; and values and beliefs. This assessment are complex and involves many different components.

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Psychosocial refers to a social study that relates to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behaviour. It focusses mainly on one's psychological development in, and interaction with, a social environment.

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