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Some enjoyed supportive placements and moved successfully into mainstream society. Others were disempowered and even traumatised by their time in care, and left with serious health and emotional deficits.
Mental illness has always been with us. Hippocrates attached melancholia to an excess of black bile. Christ cast out demons from the afflicted. My sister suicided after years of suffering, undiagnosed because of fear of stigma.
Barely reported by Australia's media, Papua New Guinea's AIDS crisis is on track to cause the collapse of the country's economy, with AusAID forcasting a 37.5% decline in the labour force by 2020. From 3 October 2006.
Barely reported by Australia's media, Papua New Guinea's AIDS crisis is on track to cause the collapse of the country's economy, with AusAID forcasting a 37.5% decline in the labour force by 2020.
Garry Kinnane reviews Sue Vanderkelen’s The Cruel Man and Michael Jorgensen’s More Hats.
Muslims and Christians: unanswered questions, HIV/AIDS and voting for the pope
Michele M. Gierck speaks to Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
Beth Doherty examines the Community, Adversity and Resilience report.
Michele Gierck observes how education programs in Kenya are restoring hope for AIDS victims.
Dawn Delaney examines the unwelcome legacy of violence against women following the conflict in East Timor.