help-seeking
Reaching for support
Help-seeking is the act of looking for assistance, especially in contexts of mental health, education, or social services.
The term appears frequently in research and policy discussions: barriers to help-seeking among young men, early help-seeking behavior improves outcomes.
It often carries an implicit positive valuation—help-seeking is something to encourage rather than stigmatize.
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
reaching out · asking · openness · self-awareness · coping · intervention · crisis line · hotline
Support or aid given
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- food bankNonprofit distributing free groceries
- shelterProtected place or structure
community · outreach · charity · aid · resources · safety net · social services · eligibility
Individual academic guidance
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
- study groupLearners meeting to prepare
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
advising · counselor · accommodations · remediation · peer support · resources · struggling · academic support
Indicators of disease
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
emergency · triage · second opinion · specialist · screening · checkup · urgent care · examination
Able to change accordingly
- maladaptiveHarmful to one's wellbeing
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- delayEnforced waiting period
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
proactive · coping strategy · self-efficacy · autonomy · dependence · intervention · early · prevention
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
mental health · reaching out · asking · openness · self-awareness · coping · intervention · crisis line · hotline · admission
assistance
Support or aid given
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- food bankNonprofit distributing free groceries
shelter · community · outreach · charity · aid · resources · safety net · social services · eligibility · application
tutoring
Individual academic guidance
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
- study groupLearners meeting to prepare
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
guidance · advising · counselor · accommodations · remediation · peer support · resources · struggling · academic support · writing center
symptoms
Indicators of disease
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
clinic · emergency · triage · second opinion · specialist · screening · checkup · urgent care · examination · patient
adaptive
Able to change accordingly
- maladaptiveHarmful to one's wellbeing
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- delayEnforced waiting period
resistance · proactive · coping strategy · self-efficacy · autonomy · dependence · intervention · early · prevention · barriers
- suicide preventionsuicide, prevention, crisis, hotlines, helplines
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- life skillsreading, writing, cooking, cleaning, laundry
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
help-seekingself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
self-sufficiency · self-reliant · self-sufficient · independence · autonomy
help-seekinghelping
Single portion given
assisting · supporting · caregiving · mentoring · rescuing
help, seeking, seek, helps, helped, helper, helpers, helpful, helpfully