[HTML][HTML] The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Africa: a scoping review of its application and validation

N Hoosen, EL Davids, PJ de Vries… - Child and adolescent …, 2018 - Springer
Background Child and adolescent mental health in Africa remains largely neglected. Quick
and cost-effective ways for early detection may aid early intervention. The Strengths and …

Mental well-being during COVID-19 pandemic: the role of fear, social isolation and psychological resilience

SS Shah, FA Memon, F Qureshi, AB Soomro… - Cogent …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Emergence of any pandemic raises serious concerns toward the psychological well-being of
an individual and overall society. Although, the magnitude and intensity of the novelwellb …

Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages

JS Yendork, NZ Somhlaba - Children and Youth Services Review, 2014 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated that parental loss and orphanage placement can be
stressful and can negatively affect the psychological well-being of children. However …

Community‐based caregiver and family interventions to support the mental health of orphans and vulnerable children: Review and future directions

F Penner, C Sharp, L Marais, C Shohet… - New Directions for …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this paper was to conduct a review of studies from 2008 to 2019 that evaluated
community‐based caregiver or family interventions to support the mental health of orphans …

The parent trap: cash transfers and the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms in South Africa

K Eyal, J Burns - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Mental illness and substance abuse makes up the leading cause of disability among
adolescents globally, and yet adolescent mental health is an understudied area in …

Mediational intervention for sensitizing caregivers to improve mental health outcomes in orphaned and vulnerable children

C Sharp, P Kulesz, L Marais, C Shohet… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective There is an urgent need to equip community-based careworkers with the skills to
address the mental health needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) as an essential …

AIDS in South Africa: Therapeutic interventions to strengthen resilience among orphans and vulnerable children

MA Heath, DR Donald, LC Theron… - School Psychology …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Worldwide, approximately 10% of the 34.2 million individuals infected by human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are under the …

Psycho-educational and social interventions provided for orphans and vulnerable children at a community-based organisation in Soweto, South Africa

EC Sitienei, J Pillay - African journal of AIDS research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This qualitative study explored the psycho-educational and social interventions provided for
orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in a community-based organisation (CBO) in …

[HTML][HTML] Orphanhood by AIDS-related causes and child mental health: A developmental psychopathology approach

C Sharp, C Jardin, L Marais, M Boivin - Journal of HIV and AIDS, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While the number of new HIV infections has declined, the number of orphans as a result of
AIDS-related deaths continues to increase. The aim of this paper was to systematically …

Socio-economic status and socio-emotional health of orphans in South Africa

M Pappin, L Marais, C Sharp, M Lenka, J Cloete… - Journal of community …, 2015 - Springer
This paper investigates the relationship between socio-economic status and emotional well-
being of orphans in Mangaung, South Africa. Five hundred orphans aged 7–11 years …