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Joseph Mowia, health worker mentor

Find out all the issues a person has before deciding on what social and emotional support information they might need.

Lots of issues, like financial stress, job loss, or family breakdown can impact on a client’s mental health and their use of grog, yarndi and other drugs.

Likewise, if somebody has mental health, grog or other drug problems these could  create a whole lot of social and emotional issues such as homelessness and legal troubles.

Providing social and emotional support means looking at the person’s physical, mental, social and spiritual health. It’s called a holistic view because it looks at all their needs.

Cultural

  • Dispossession
  • Displacement
  • Discrimination
  • Social disadvantage
  • Racism
  • Stolen Generation
  • Sorry business

Physical

  • Medications
  • Chronic disease
  • Misuse of grog and other drugs
  • Chronic pain
  • Violence
  • Disability
  • Brain Injury

Socio-economic

  • Poverty
  • Housing
  • Unemployment
  • Social isolation
  • Language and literacy difficulties

Family and community

  • Family  breakdown
  • Marriage problems
  • Incest
  • Child removals
  • Child development problems
  • Domestic violence

Trauma

  • Sorry business
  • Accident
  • Grief
  • Assault
  • Rape
  • Abuse

Legal

  • Imprisonment
  • Fines
  • Charges
  • Default on loans
  • Court appearances
  • Eviction