social support

Preferred Label : social support;

MeSH definition : 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.; 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 such as COMMUNITY SUPPORT is provided by churches, groups, etc.;

MeSH synonym : support, social; Social Care; Care, Social;

CISMeF synonym : network, social; networks, social; social network;

MeSH hyponym : Online Social Supports; Social Support, Online; Social Supports, Online; Support, Online Social; Perceived Social Supports; Social Support, Perceived; Social Supports, Perceived; Support, Perceived Social; Supports, Perceived Social;

Related MeSH term : social networks;

MeSH annotation : human only; do not confuse entry term SOCIAL NETWORKS with SOCIAL NETWORKING; human only;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social network;

Details

Origin ID

D012944;

UMLS CUI

C0037438;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Psychosocial care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Psychosocial procedure (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Psychosocial support [HPMULTI term]
- Psychosocial support [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Social Networking [IAB term]
- Social Support [ICNP subject]
- Social Support Act [ICNP subject]
- Social capital [UNESCO concept]
- Social care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Social network [LOINC component]
- Social support [HPMULTI term]
- Social support (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Support System [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Social networks [HPMULTI term]
- social network [Q-code]
Ne pas confondre avec
- health services for the aged [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Online Social Support [MeSH concept]
- Perceived Social Support [MeSH concept]
- social support [MeSH concept]
See also
- Self-Help groups [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- old age assistance [MeSH Descriptor]
- social media [MeSH Descriptor]
- social medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
- social networking [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Social Behavior [UMLS semantic type]

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