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AdultParental Loss in Childhood Its Effect in Adult Life
While parental loss in childhood has intrigued psychiatrists for most of this century, it has only recently been the subject of acceptable empiric research. Early…
Parental death during childhood and adult depression
Parental death during childhood is widely viewed as an event so traumatic that it produces not only immediate grief and despondency but also a predisposition to…
Dimensions of the emerging orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
This study uses recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data to examine levels, trends, and differentials in orphan prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. The first…