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Frances Gardner

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

Purpose By 2010, an estimated 18.4 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa will be orphaned by AIDS. Research in South Africa shows that AIDS orphanhood is independently…

Psychological distress amongst AIDS-orphaned children in urban South Africa

Background: South Africa is predicted to have 2.3 million children orphaned by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by 2020 (Actuarial Society of South Africa,…

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

This paper reviews research on the mental health and psychological outcomes of children who are orphaned by AIDS. Studies are limited, scattered and often unpublished.…