Contribution du soutien psychosocial pour réaliser la santé mental des personnes âgées

Abstract

The study dealt with subject of psychosocial support and its contribution to the mental health of the elderly , the study aimed to know the relationship between support and mental health and knowledge of the differences in mental health among elderly people with high support and low support which were attributed to the gender variable , social status and place of residence , to verify the hypothesis, the mental health scale and the support measure were used by the researcher and were applied to a sample of (121)adults using the descriptive approach. The results were as follows : There is a high level of support and mental health in the elderly.There is a link between support Psychosocial and mental health in the elderly. There are no statistically significant differences between the elderly and the high support Psychosocial and low –level mental health support. There are no differences between the elderly and the high support Psychosocial in mental health due to the variable gender, social status.There are no differences between the elderly and the low support Psychosocial in mental health due to the gender variable, social status .There are differences differences between the elderly and the low support in mental health due to the variable of residence.