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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Those individuals, almost without fail, have this incredible complexity of physical health care conditions, often mental health, behavioral health conditions, and a range of psychosocial things, including housing instability, sometimes nutritional instability.
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Ryan Levi, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
At the onset of a crisis, UNICEF also deploys extra personnel to help keep children connected to critical health care, education and psychosocial support.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The organization also provides crucial psychosocial support.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Many of these stem from the genocide (for example, due to the remarriage of women whose spouses were imprisoned as genocide suspects) and from the psychosocial trauma that is endemic throughout the population.
—Phil Clark, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
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Ryan Levi, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
At the onset of a crisis, UNICEF also deploys extra personnel to help keep children connected to critical health care, education and psychosocial support.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The organization also provides crucial psychosocial support.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Many of these stem from the genocide (for example, due to the remarriage of women whose spouses were imprisoned as genocide suspects) and from the psychosocial trauma that is endemic throughout the population.
—Phil Clark, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
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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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