Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental Health and Wellbeing
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Section 1: Factors that influence mental health and wellbeing........................................................4
Explore the link between physical and mental health............................................................4
Assess social and psychological factors resulting from your case that may impact an
emergency service worker......................................................................................................4
Review the PERMA model of wellbeing and evaluate this model on the effectiveness of how
your case was responded to....................................................................................................4
Section 2: The value of early intervention.......................................................................................5
Explore early warning signs of stress and the ways in which public services support
employees...............................................................................................................................5
Analyse the benefits of early intervention on your emergency responders’ mental health....6
Section 3: Strategies to promote mental health & build resilience..................................................7
Appraise a social media strategy that your emergency responders might use to cope with
stress and build resilience.......................................................................................................7
Describe how emergency service workers’ mental health is supervised after responding to
your chosen case and analyse the impact of policy in promoting emergency workers’ mental
health......................................................................................................................................8
As the welfare officer, produce a plan of tips and techniques that will help your emergency
service workers remain stress-free after responding to your chosen case..............................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which an individual duly realise their self
abilities. With the help of this one can effectively cope up with the normal stress and can become
more productive (Hrabok, Delorme and Agyapong, 2020). A good mental health and well-being
depicts positive emotions and allow individual to maintain good relationship with other
individuals. While if it is talked about bad mental health it involves number of negative
emotions. Mental health and well-being can be promoted with the help of paying attention to the
present moment and connect with other individuals. It has been identified that due to the
outbreak of Covid-19 or corona virus there is a significant impact upon mental health conditions
of emergency service workers. It has been identified that some of has thought about ending their
life. Covid-19 has affected mental health condition of emergency service worker in an adverse
manner. In this present report formative discussion has been included on the factors that
influence mental health and well being, the value of early inventions along with the strategies in
order to promote mental health and build resilience.
TASK 1
Section 1: Factors that influence mental health and wellbeing
Explore the link between physical and mental health
It has been provided that there is a significant link between mental as well as physical
health both of these are closely connected with each other, as it has been identified that mental
health play important role in individual ability to effectively maintaining good physical
relationship (Cox and Brewster, 2020). In addition to this according to the analyses that has been
identified that mental illness such as anxiety as well as depression have significant ability to
affect individual ability to participate in health promoting behaviour. It has been identified that
long-term stress can effectively contribute towards both went well as well as physical illness that
can have adverse impact upon hormones and metabolic functions.
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