Personality profile of HIV outpatients: Preliminary results and remarks on clinical management

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Fassino, Secondo ^a   Leombruni, Paolo ^a   Amianto, Federico ^a   Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Character; HIV infection; Personality; Prognostic factors; Risk factors; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 5644247336     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080389     Document Type: Article

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