The psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cluver, Lucie ^a,b   Gardner, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cape Town Child Welfare Society   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT T TEST; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33748202959     PISSN: 1744859X     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-5-8     Document Type: Article

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