Effects of Stigma on the Mental Health of Adolescents Orphaned by AIDS

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-417

  Cluver, Lucie D ^a,b   Gardner, Frances ^a   Operario, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cape Town Child Welfare Society   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Mental health; Orphans; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLYING; COMMUNITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORPHANAGE; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIGMA; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 40849111777     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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