Grieving experiences amongst adolescents orphaned by AIDS: Analysis from event history calendars
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Grieving experiences amongst adolescents orphaned by AIDS: Analysis from event history calendars.
Mental health is an essential component of adolescent health and wellbeing. Mental health practitioners assess adolescents' mental health status to identify possible issues that may lead to mental health problems. However, very few of the tools used to assess the mental health status of adolescents include assessment for grieving and coping patterns. The current tools used for assessing an indi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Curationis
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2223-6279,0379-8577
DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v35i1.71