Persisting mental health problems among AIDS-orphaned children in South Africa

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-370

  Cluver, Lucie D ^a,b   Orkin, Mark ^c   Gardner, Frances ^a   Boyes, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety; depression; HIV AIDS; orphans; post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; ORPHANED CHILD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD, ORPHANED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857191936     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02459.x     Document Type: Article

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