Psychosocial disability

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What is psychosocial in mental health?

A psychosocial disability arises when someone with a mental health condition interacts with a social environment that presents barriers to their equality with others. Psychosocial disability may restrict a person's ability to: be in certain types of environments.

Psychosocial disability is a term used to describe a disability that may arise from a mental health issue. Not everyone who has a mental health condition will have a psychosocial disability, but for people who do, it can be severe, longstanding and impact on their recovery. People with a disability as a result of their mental health condition may qualify for the NDIS.

Psychosocial adversity has a major impact on stress-related disorders: Depression, dysthymia, adjustment, acute and post-traumatic stress, anxiety, panic, phobia, obsessive compulsive, somatoform, and other common mental health disorders.

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