Children, adolescents, and families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS
Telingator, C.J.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 9(2): 295-312 Vi
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1056-4993 PMID: 10768068 Document Number: 198457
An estimated 80,000 to 125,000 children in the United States will be orphaned by the year 2000 as a result of an HIV related illness. Studies have found that the support of a surviving parent is positively associated with the grieving child's ability to cope with the loss of the other parent. HIV/AIDS affected children often do not have another parent available to them. This article will review some of the issues, struggles, and reactions of children and adolescents who have been affected and infected by HIV. The material is illustrated by two cases, one of a child and an adolescent affected by HIV and the second a child and an adolescent infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.