"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.
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
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Social Support".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Social Support".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Support" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Social Support" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 1995 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 1996 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 1997 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 1999 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2000 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2001 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2002 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2003 | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| 2004 | 11 | 26 | 37 |
| 2005 | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| 2006 | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| 2007 | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| 2008 | 30 | 26 | 56 |
| 2009 | 29 | 34 | 63 |
| 2010 | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| 2011 | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| 2012 | 38 | 39 | 77 |
| 2013 | 34 | 37 | 71 |
| 2014 | 37 | 31 | 68 |
| 2015 | 34 | 69 | 103 |
| 2016 | 40 | 49 | 89 |
| 2017 | 34 | 43 | 77 |
| 2018 | 32 | 45 | 77 |
| 2019 | 33 | 41 | 74 |
| 2020 | 29 | 54 | 83 |
| 2021 | 13 | 44 | 57 |
| 2022 | 9 | 32 | 41 |
| 2023 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Support" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluating the Impact of a Pediatric Inpatient Social Care Program in a Community Hospital. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Apr 01; 14(4):225-232.
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Marital Status, Living Arrangement, and Survival among Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 03 01; 33(3):419-425.
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Measured Twice: Time for the Expansion of Social Care Interventions and Patient-Centered Outcomes. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Apr; 83(4):314-317.
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Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Impact of 4 Remotely-Delivered Interventions for Rural Older Adults Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2024 Apr; 28(4):1401-1414.
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Stressful life events, social support, and epigenetic aging in the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Feb; 72(2):349-360.
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An examination of characteristics, social supports, caregiver resilience and hospital readmissions of children with medical complexity. Child Care Health Dev. 2024 01; 50(1):e13206.
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Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective. BMJ Ment Health. 2023 Nov 29; 26(1).
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A randomized controlled trial testing a virtual program for Asian American women breast cancer survivors. Nat Commun. 2023 10 14; 14(1):6475.
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Situating support for people living with rarer forms of dementia. BMC Geriatr. 2023 10 06; 23(1):627.
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Cultural brokering in pregnancy care: A critical review. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 Nov; 163(2):357-366.