الفهرس 
Types of depression:
Social support and DepressionOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Social support serves as the major source in decreasing negative psychological reactions such as hopelessness and depression and helps to decrease harmful effects of negative events in life on physical health and emotional well-being and buffers when coping with stress. Hence, the improvement of social support helps to promote the mental status and further improve the whole quality of life (26). Social support can reduce the negative effects of stressful life events via the supportive actions of others that enhance coping performance or through the belief that support is available, which leads to the appraisal of potentially threatening situations as less stressful.