Revealing the impact of loss : Exploring mental health through the use of drawing/writing with HIV positive adolescents in Johannesburg

Abstract

Research that utilises non-verbal methods, such as drawings, are also increasingly recognised as particularly ethical as they offer research subjects active participation in the research process, authenti- cating their voice through their engagement, offering more develop- mentally appropriate means of accessing data, diminishing stress in the child/adolescent-adult interaction and providing a more comfortable method of engagement than language