The mental health of children orphaned by AIDS: A review of international and southern African research

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  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; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD ADVOCACY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORPHANAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34547224534     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/17280580709486631     Document Type: Review

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