The Importance of the Family: A Longitudinal Study of the Predictors of Depression in HIV Patients in South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1591-1602

  Wouters, Edwin ^a,b   Masquillier, Caroline ^a   le Roux Booysen, Frederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Depression; Family functioning; HIV AIDS; Mental health; Socio ecological theory; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954467289     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1294-0     Document Type: Article

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