acquired immunodeficiency virus (AIDS)See also HIV, 15, 107

adherence (medical)See also nonadherence (medical), 2–3, 6, 9, 15, 21–22, 25, 27, 107

adolescence, 1–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13–19, 21, 39, 48, 51, 95, 99, 101–102, 104, 106

adolescent psychosocial development, 6

Ainsworth, Mary, 12, 20

antiretrotherapy, 3, 8, 22, 107

antiretroviral, 2–3, 5, 8, 22, 31, 36, 105, 107

attachment, x, 1–3, 8, 10–15, 19–22, 25, 27–28, 35–36, 38–54, 58, 62–64, 78, 80–82, 84–98, 100–104

and adherence, 3, 15, 39, 41, 51, 81, 88, 90

histories, 3, 9, 34–35

and maternal caregiverSee also maternal caregiver, 42

and nonadherence, 2

styles, x, 40, 50, 52, 92–93, 100

to peers, x, 39–41, 50–51

trauma, 3, 11, 20, 26, 47, 52–54, 58, 66, 70, 81–82, 85, 87–89, 91, 94–95, 98, 103–105

attachment disorder, 13, 19, 39, 47, 62, 107

attachment disruption, x, 3, 10–11, 14–15, 20–21, 35, 53–54, 58, 87, 89, 93, 107

attachment relationship, 2–3, 8, 11–12, 14–15, 19–22, 48, 50, 58, 64, 78, 82, 84, 86, 90–91, 93, 95–98, 100–103

attachment theory, 15, 19–20, 107

autonomy, 7, 16–17, 102, 108

avoidant attachmentSee also insecure attachment, 42, 47–50, 52, 92–93

Beck Depression scale, 37–39, 88, 90

bio-psychosocial, 15

birth mothers, 11, 32–36, 43, 45–47, 52–53, 56, 58–59, 62, 64, 66, 71, 73, 84–86, 92, 94–96

found after separation, 52

lost, x, 11, 32–34, 36, 44, 52–53, 55–56, 58–62, 64–66, 69, 72, 82, 90, 92, 94–95

CD4 T cellSee also immune system, 108

CDC. See U.S. Centers for Disease Control

chronic illness, 10, 37, 108

cognitive capacities, 6, 16