M3 · Social Integration
M3
Slide 22
CONTENT
Community as Health Infrastructure
COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFLUENCES:

Mental health recovery

Substance use trajectories

Tenancy sustainment

Employment engagement

Long-term wellbeing

LONELINESS AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH:

Depression

Anxiety

Increased mortality

Reduced resilience

Higher relapse risk

Conversely, belonging and participation strengthen recovery orientation and psychological stability.
From an Integrated Health and Social Care perspective, community is not an abstract value — it functions as a protective social infrastructure.