Mardi J. Horowitz, MD, is a distinguished professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, President of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and Past-President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Horowitz's books include A Course in Happiness and Grieving as Well as Possible.

• 1 From the Forword to the First Edition2 Preface to the Fifth Edition3 AcknowledgmentsPart 4 I. Stress Response SyndromesChapter 5 1. Intrusion and Denial: A Prototypical CaseChapter 6 2. Clinical Observations and SyndromesChapter 7 3. Field Studies on the Impact of Life EventsChapter 8 4. Experimental FindingsPart 9 II. TheoryChapter 10 5. Explanation of Symptom FormationChapter 11 6. ReschematizationChapter 12 7. MourningPart 13 III. Treatment and Individual VariationsChapter 14 8. TreatmentChapter 15 9. Inhibitory Operations: Reactions to Stress and Psychotherapy with Histrionic PersonalitiesChapter 16 10. Switching Maneuvers: Reaction to Stress and Psychotherapywith Compulsive PersonalitiesChapter 17 11. Sliding Meanings: Reaction to Stress and Psychotherapywith Narcissistically Vulnerable PersonalitiesPart 18 IV. Clinical ExamplesChapter 19 12. Loss of a LimbChapter 20 13. An Authomobile AccidentChapter 21 14. Visual Shock and the Compulsion to LookChapter 22 15. Death of a ParentChapter 23 16. Suicide of a Friend24 References25 About the Author

Stress Response Syndromes has long been a classic in the field. In this new fifth edition, Mardi Horowitz extends his work in new directions, making this the state-of-the-art, authoritative source for both students and experienced clinicians.