 Social Support
"Social Support" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D012944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.656.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Networks- Social Networks
- Network, Social
- Networks, Social
- Social Network
Psychosocial Support Systems- Psychosocial Support Systems
- Psychosocial Support System
- Support System, Psychosocial
- Support Systems, Psychosocial
- System, Psychosocial Support
- Systems, Psychosocial Support
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Support" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Support" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Support" by people in Profiles.
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Friedman SR, Williams L, Young AM, Teubl J, Paraskevis D, Kostaki E, Latkin C, German D, Mateu-Gelabert P, Guarino H, Vasylyeva TI, Skaathun B, Schneider J, Korobchuk A, Smyrnov P, Nikolopoulos G. Network Research Experiences in New York and Eastern Europe: Lessons for the Southern US in Understanding HIV Transmission Dynamics. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2018 06; 15(3):283-292.
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Nguyen BT, Hebert LE, Newton SL, Gilliam ML. Supporting Women at the Time of Abortion: A Mixed-Methods Study of Male Partner Experiences and Perspectives. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2018 06; 50(2):75-83.
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Chor J, Garcia-Ricketts S, Young D, Hebert LE, Hasselbacher LA, Gilliam ML. Well-woman Care Barriers and Facilitators of Low-income Women Obtaining Induced Abortion after the Affordable Care Act. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Sep - Oct; 28(5):387-392.
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Jenkins TM, Kim J, Hu C, Hickernell JC, Watanaskul S, Yoon JD. Stressing the journey: using life stories to study medical student wellbeing. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2018 Oct; 23(4):767-782.
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Hopkins J, Miller JL, Butler K, Gibson L, Hedrick L, Boyle DA. The relation between social support, anxiety and distress symptoms and maternal fetal attachment. J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2018 09; 36(4):381-392.
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Garfield CF, Abbott C, Rutsohn J, Penedo F. Hispanic Young Males' Mental Health From Adolescence Through the Transition to Fatherhood. Am J Mens Health. 2018 09; 12(5):1226-1234.
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Ha JH, Hougham GW, Meltzer DO. Risk of Social Isolation among Older Patients: What Factors Affect the Availability of Family, Friends, and Neighbors upon Hospitalization? Clin Gerontol. 2019 Jan-Feb; 42(1):60-69.
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Gerhart JI, Asvat Y, Lillis TA, Fung H, Grosse J, Hobfoll SE. The impact of posttraumatic stress symptoms on social support and social conflict during hematopoietic stem cell transplant. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2018 May-Jun; 36(3):304-318.
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Fujimoto K, Flash CA, Kuhns LM, Kim JY, Schneider JA. Social networks as drivers of syphilis and HIV infection among young men who have sex with men. Sex Transm Infect. 2018 08; 94(5):365-371.
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Kandula NR, Cooper AJ, Schneider JA, Fujimoto K, Kanaya AM, Van Horn L, deKoning L, Siddique J. Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States. BMC Public Health. 2018 02 05; 18(1):218.
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