At the end of this presentation, students will be able to; Define illness Define disability Describe the psychological aspect of illness and disability Describe psychological aspects of illness and disability relevant to society, culture, industry. Describe illness-wellness continuum of Travis Strategies to improve psychological aspects of illness and disability.

1. Psychological aspects of
illness and disability relevant
to society, culture, industry.
Presented to:
Ms. Anam Zahir
Presented by:
Ambreen Sadaf
(BSOT02153003) 1

2. Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, students will be able to;
Define illness
Define disability
Describe psychological aspect of illness and
disability
Describe psychological aspects of illness and
disability relevant to society, culture, industry.
Describe illness-wellness continuum of Travis
Strategies to improve psychological aspects of
illness and disability. 2

3. Illness
A condition of being unhealthy in your body or mind
A specific condition that prevents your body or mind
from working normally : a sickness or disease
Illness + diagnostic test = disease. [a]
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4. Disability
 Disability is an impairment that may be physical,
cognitive, intellectual, mental, sensory,
developmental, or some combination of these that
results in restrictions on an individual's ability to
participate in what is considered "normal" in their
everyday society. [d]
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5. Travis's illness- wellness
continuum
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6. Compose at 2 arrows pointing in opposite direction and
joined at neutral point.
 Movement to the left of neutral point indicate
progressive decreases in the state of health
 Move to the right of the neutral point indicates increases
in the health.
Treatment model > help only the individual move from
left to the neutral point.
Wellness model > help move individual beyond the
neutral point to high level of wellness.
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7.  Illness is a subjective feeling of an individual.
 When we speak of disability, we usually mean the result
of an illness or injury to the body with a degree of
irreversibility of the pathological process, or damage to
the body or a bodily function. [e]
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8. Psychological aspects of illness and
disability.
 Physical Dimension
 Emotional Dimension
 Intellectual Dimension
 Environmental Dimension
 Socio-cultural Dimension
 Spiritual Dimension [f]
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9. Psychological aspects of illness and
disability relevant to society, culture,
industry.
Illness varies person to person and culture to culture same
as pain varies person to person and culture to culture.
 Society:
 Perception of illness according to classes.
 High society: They take their illness very seriously and
immediately goes to hospital to seek health.
 Low society: They don’t take much notice to their
illness. May be lack of economical instability.
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10.  Culture:
 Perception of illness related to culture.
 People from different cultures experience illness largely
based on their meaning of illness.
 Be aware of your own cultural uniqueness and seek to
accept the distinct perspectives of others.
 It is often difficult for you to be knowledgeable about all
of the possible cultural norms.
 However, you can be alert to the patient’s verbal and
non-verbal cues. [b]
 Industry:
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11. Strategies to improve psychological
aspects of illness and disability
 Illness and disability can be manage by improving
mental and emotional health by:
 Connecting to people face to face.
 Stress management (deep breathing exercise, yoga,
etc.)
 Stay active (engage yourself in activities that will
help you to be mentally active).
 Get enough quality sleep. [c]
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12. References
a) http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/illness.
b) http://nursingcrib.com/nursing-notes-
reviewer/factors-affecting-health-and-illness/.
c) http://www.helpguide.org/articles/emotional-
health/improving-emotional-health.html.
d) "Disabilities". World Health Organization.
Retrieved 2016-10-28.
e) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illness-
Wellness_Continuum.
f) http://slideplayer.com/slide/5898473/. 12

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