the psychological well-being of children orphaned by aids in cape town, south africa儿童因艾滋病而成为孤儿的心理健康在开普敦,南非.pdfVIP

Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Primary research Open Access The psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa Lucie Cluver1,2 and Frances Gardner*1 Address: 1Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, UK and 2Cape Town Child Welfare, Gatesville, Cape Town, South Africa Email: Lucie Cluver - lucie.cluver@socres.ox.ac.uk; Frances Gardner* - frances.gardner@socres.ox.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 19 July 2006 Received: 10 November 2005 Accepted: 19 July 2006 Annals of General Psychiatry 2006, 5:8 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-5-8 This article is available from: /content/5/1/8 © 2006 Cluver and Gardner; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: An estimated 2 million children are parentally bereaved by AIDS in South Africa. Little is known about mental health outcomes for this group. Methods: This study aimed to investigate mental health outcomes for urban children living in deprived settlements in Cape Town. 30 orphaned children and 30 matched controls were compared using standardised questionnaires (SDQ) on emotional and behavioural problems, peer and attention difficulties, and prosocial behaviour. The orphan group completed a modified ver