Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 191-200 , March 2005

Temperament and risky behaviors: a pathway to HIV?

  • David J. Moore

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • J.Hampton Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • V.A. San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Hagop Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • V.A. San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Raul Gonzalez

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Tanya Wolfson

      Affiliations

    • HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Igor Grant

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC), University of California, San Diego, 150 West Washington Street, 2nd Floor, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. Tel.: +1-619-543-5000; fax: +1-619-543-1235.
    • San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • V.A. San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • the HNRC Group

      Affiliations

    • The San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) group is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, the Naval Hospital, San Diego, and the San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, and includes: Director: Igor Grant, MD; Co-Directors: J. Hampton Atkinson, MD and J. Allen McCutchan, MD; Center Manager: Thomas D. Marcotte, PhD; Naval Hospital San Diego: Mark R. Wallace, MD (P.I.); Neuromedical Component: J. Allen McCutchan, MD (P.I.), Ronald J. Ellis, MD, PhD, Scott Letendre, MD, Rachel Schrier, PhD; Neurobehavioral Component: Robert K. Heaton, PhD (P.I.), Mariana Cherner, PhD, Julie Rippeth, PhD; Imaging Component: Terry Jernigan, PhD (P.I.), John Hesselink, MD; Neuropathology Component: Eliezer Masliah, MD (P.I.); Clinical Trials Component: J. Allen McCutchan, MD, Ronald J. Ellis, MD, PhD, Scott Letendre, MD, J. Hampton Atkinson, MD; Data Management Unit: Daniel R. Masys, MD (P.I.), Michelle Frybarger, B.A. (Data Systems Manager); Statistics Unit: Ian Abramson, PhD (P.I.), Reena Deutsch, PhD, Tanya Wolfson, MA.The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the United States Government.

,Accepted 24 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00193-9

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 191-200 , March 2005

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