Conditions that support well-being
Identify personal, relational and wider conditions that can help support mental health.
The picture in words
- Personal resources
- Skills and opportunities for coping and participation.
- Relationships
- Supportive and dependable connections.
- Living conditions
- Safety, basic resources and accessible services.
Reading the illustration
Read the plant supports as a metaphor for resources at several levels. Relationships and living conditions help shape the options available to a person.
Try a question
Why might a well-being plan consider both personal resources and living conditions?
Show the explanation
A person’s options are shaped by both available skills and the circumstances around them. Support can address several levels at the same time.
Read the sources
- Detail. (n.d.). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-responseSelected rendered passages: Risk/protective factors and community-care passages.