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George Eman Vaillant, M.D.

TitleProfessor of Psychiatry
InstitutionMassachusetts General Hospital
DepartmentPsychiatry
AddressMassachusetts General Hospital
2nd Flr
151 Merrimac St
Boston MA 02114

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  1. Vaillant G. Lifting the field's "repression" of defenses. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Sep; 169(9):885-7.
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  2. Vaillant GE. Positive mental health: is there a cross-cultural definition? World Psychiatry. 2012 Jun; 11(2):93-9.
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  3. Vaillant GE. Involuntary coping mechanisms: a psychodynamic perspective. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2011; 13(3):366-70.
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  4. Vaillant GE. The neuroendocrine system and stress, emotions, thoughts and feelings. Mens Sana Monogr. 2011 Jan; 9(1):113-28.
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  5. McLaughlin KA, Kubzansky LD, Dunn EC, Waldinger R, Vaillant G, Koenen KC. Childhood social environment, emotional reactivity to stress, and mood and anxiety disorders across the life course. Depress Anxiety. 2010 Dec; 27(12):1087-94.
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  6. Jeste DV, Ardelt M, Blazer D, Kraemer HC, Vaillant G, Meeks TW. Expert consensus on characteristics of wisdom: a Delphi method study. Gerontologist. 2010 Oct; 50(5):668-80.
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  7. Greenfield EA, Vaillant GE, Marks NF. Do formal religious participation and spiritual perceptions have independent linkages with diverse dimensions of psychological well-being? J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Jun; 50(2):196-212.
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  8. Koenig LB, Vaillant GE. A prospective study of church attendance and health over the lifespan. Health Psychol. 2009 Jan; 28(1):117-24.
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  9. Vaillant GE. Positive emotions, spirituality and the practice of psychiatry. Mens Sana Monogr. 2008 Jan; 6(1):48-62.
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  10. Vaillant G, Templeton J, Ardelt M, Meyer SE. The natural history of male mental health: health and religious involvement. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jan; 66(2):221-31.
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  11. Waldinger RJ, Vaillant GE, Orav EJ. Childhood sibling relationships as a predictor of major depression in adulthood: a 30-year prospective study. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Jun; 164(6):949-54.
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  12. Vaillant GE, DiRago AC, Mukamal K. Natural history of male psychological health, XV: retirement satisfaction. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Apr; 163(4):682-8.
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  13. Solomon DH, Avorn J, Wang PS, Vaillant G, Cabral D, Mogun H, Stürmer T. Prescription opioid use among older adults with arthritis or low back pain. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Feb 15; 55(1):35-41.
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  14. Vaillant GE, Batalden M, Orav J, Roston D, Barrett JE. Evidence for a possibly X-linked trait related to affective illness. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2005 Aug; 39(8):730-5.
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  15. Vaillant GE. Alcoholics Anonymous: cult or cure? Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2005 Jun; 39(6):431-6.
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  16. Vaillant G. Secrets and lies: comments on Dawson et al. (2005). Addiction. 2005 Mar; 100(3):294; discussion 296-8.
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  17. Vaillant G. Conversation with George Vaillant. Addiction. 2005 Mar; 100(3):274-80.
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  18. Vaillant GE. A 60-year follow-up of alcoholic men. Addiction. 2003 Aug; 98(8):1043-51.
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  19. Vaillant GE. Mental health. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Aug; 160(8):1373-84.
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  20. Isaacowitz DM, Vaillant GE, Seligman ME. Strengths and satisfaction across the adult lifespan. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2003; 57(2):181-201.
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  21. Vaillant GE, Western RJ. Healthy aging among inner-city men. Int Psychogeriatr. 2001 Dec; 13(4):425-37.
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  22. Havens L, Vaillant GE, Price BH, Goldstein M, Kim D. Soundings: a psychological equivalent of medical percussion. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2001 Jul-Aug; 9(4):147-57.
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  23. Vaillant GE, Mukamal K. Successful aging. Am J Psychiatry. 2001 Jun; 158(6):839-47.
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  24. Vergès B, Cercueil JP, Jacob D, Vaillant G, Brun JM. [Treatment of parathyroid adenomas with ethanol injection under ultrasonographic guidance]. Ann Chir. 2000 Jun; 125(5):457-60; discussion 460-1.
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  25. Vaillant GE, Davis JT. Social/emotional intelligence and midlife resilience in schoolboys with low tested intelligence. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2000 Apr; 70(2):215-22.
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  26. Vaillant GE. Adaptive mental mechanisms. Their role in a positive psychology. Am Psychol. 2000 Jan; 55(1):89-98.
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  27. Laub JH, Vaillant GE. Delinquency and mortality: A 50-year follow-up study of 1,000 delinquent and nondelinquent boys. Am J Psychiatry. 2000 Jan; 157(1):96-102.
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  28. Wulsin LR, Vaillant GE, Wells VE. A systematic review of the mortality of depression. Psychosom Med. 1999 Jan-Feb; 61(1):6-17.
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  29. Vaillant GE, Meyer SE, Mukamal K, Soldz S. Are social supports in late midlife a cause or a result of successful physical ageing? Psychol Med. 1998 Sep; 28(5):1159-68.
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  30. Matejka G, Vergès B, Vaillant G, Petit JM, Brun-Pacaud A, Rudoni S, Brun JM. Intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy. Horm Metab Res. 1998 Feb; 30(2):93-8.
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  31. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health, XIV: Relationship of mood disorder vulnerability to physical health. Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Feb; 155(2):184-91.
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  32. Lynn DJ, Vaillant GE. Anonymity, neutrality, and confidentiality in the actual methods of Sigmund Freud: a review of 43 cases, 1907-1939. Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Feb; 155(2):163-71.
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  33. Soldz S, Vaillant GE. A 50-year longitudinal study of defense use among inner city men: a validation of the DSM-IV defense axis. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1998 Feb; 186(2):104-11.
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  34. Perry JC, Hoglend P, Shear K, Vaillant GE, Horowitz M, Kardos ME, Bille H, Kagan D. Field trial of a diagnostic axis for defense mechanisms for DSM-IV. J Pers Disord. 1998; 12(1):56-68.
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  35. Vaillant GE. The natural history of alcoholism and its relationship to liver transplantation. Liver Transpl Surg. 1997 May; 3(3):304-10.
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  36. Cui XJ, Vaillant GE. Does depression generate negative life events? J Nerv Ment Dis. 1997 Mar; 185(3):145-50.
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  37. Vaillant GE, Gerber PD. Natural history of male psychological health, XIII: Who develops high blood pressure and who responds to treatment. Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Jul; 153(7 Suppl):24-9.
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  38. Vaillant GE. A long-term follow-up of male alcohol abuse. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1996 Mar; 53(3):243-9.
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  39. Vaillant GE, Orav J, Meyer SE, McCullough Vaillant L, Roston D. 1995 IPA/Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics. Late-life consequences of affective spectrum disorder. Int Psychogeriatr. 1996; 8(1):13-32.
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  40. Goudet P, Rogissart F, Petit JM, Vaillant G, Durnerin I, Fraisse J, Justrabo E, Verges B, Cougard P. [Prognostic factors of survival in medullary cancers of the thyroid. Apropos of 51 cases. Clinical, biochemical and immunocytochemical study]. Ann Chir. 1996; 50(1):23-9.
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  41. Cui XJ, Vaillant GE. Antecedents and consequences of negative life events in adulthood: a longitudinal study. Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Jan; 153(1):21-6.
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  42. Lee KA, Vaillant GE, Torrey WC, Elder GH. A 50-year prospective study of the psychological sequelae of World War II combat. Am J Psychiatry. 1995 Apr; 152(4):516-22.
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  43. Vaillant GE. Evidence that the type 1/type 2 dichotomy in alcoholism must be re-examined. Addiction. 1994 Sep; 89(9):1049-57; discussion 1059-70.
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  44. Vaillant GE. Ego mechanisms of defense and personality psychopathology. J Abnorm Psychol. 1994 Feb; 103(1):44-50.
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  45. Vergès BL, Cercueil JP, Jacob D, Vaillant G, Brun JM, Putelat R. Results of ultrasonically guided percutaneous ethanol injection into parathyroid adenomas in primary hyperparathyroidism. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1993 Nov; 129(5):381-7.
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  46. Vaillant GE. Is alcoholism more often the cause or the result of depression? Harv Rev Psychiatry. 1993 Jul-Aug; 1(2):94-9.
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  47. Vaillant GE. John Case Nemiah, M.D. Tenth editor, The American Journal of Psychiatry. Am J Psychiatry. 1993 Mar; 150(3):393-8.
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  48. Vaillant GE, Roston D, McHugo GJ. An intriguing association between ancestral mortality and male affective disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1992 Sep; 49(9):709-15.
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  49. Vaillant GE. Is there a natural history of addiction? Res Publ Assoc Res Nerv Ment Dis. 1992; 70:41-57.
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  50. Vaillant GE. The association of ancestral longevity with successful aging. J Gerontol. 1991 Nov; 46(6):P292-8.
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  51. Vaillant GE, Schnurr PP, Baron JA, Gerber PD. A prospective study of the effects of cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse on mortality. J Gen Intern Med. 1991 Jul-Aug; 6(4):299-304.
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  52. Vaillant GE, Vaillant CO. Natural history of male psychological health, XII: a 45-year study of predictors of successful aging at age 65. Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Jan; 147(1):31-7.
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  53. Schnurr PP, Vaillant CO, Vaillant GE. Predicting exercise in late midlife from young adult personality characteristics. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1990; 30(2):153-60.
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  54. Danchin N, Juilliere Y, Selton-Suty C, Vaillant G, Pernot C, Gilgenkrantz JM, Villemot JP, Mathieu P, Cherrier F. Return to work after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a continuing problem. Eur Heart J. 1989 Dec; 10 Suppl G:54-7.
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  55. Vaillant GE. The pendulum swings the other way: the role of environment obscured by genes. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989 Dec; 46(12):1151-2.
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  56. Vaillant GE. What can long-term follow-up teach us about relapse and prevention of relapse in addiction? Br J Addict. 1988 Oct; 83(10):1147-57.
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  57. Peterson C, Seligman ME, Vaillant GE. Pessimistic explanatory style is a risk factor for physical illness: a thirty-five-year longitudinal study. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1988 Jul; 55(1):23-7.
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  58. Drake RE, Vaillant GE. Predicting alcoholism and personality disorder in a 33-year longitudinal study of children of alcoholics. Br J Addict. 1988 Jul; 83(7):799-807.
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  59. Vaillant GE, Schnurr P. What is a case? A 45-year study of psychiatric impairment within a college sample selected for mental health. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1988 Apr; 45(4):313-9.
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  60. Vaillant GE, McCullough L. The Washington University Sentence Completion Test compared with other measures of adult ego development. Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Sep; 144(9):1189-94.
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  61. Phillips KA, Vaillant GE, Schnurr P. Some physiologic antecedents of adult mental health. Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Aug; 144(8):1009-13.
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  62. Vaillant C, Milofsky E, Richards R, Vaillant G. A social casework contribution to understanding alcoholism. Health Soc Work. 1987; 12(3):169-76.
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  63. Beardslee WR, Son L, Vaillant GE. Exposure to parental alcoholism during childhood and outcome in adulthood: a prospective longitudinal study. Br J Psychiatry. 1986 Nov; 149:584-91.
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  64. Ellsworth GA, Strain GW, Strain JJ, Vaillant GE, Knittle J, Zumoff B. Defensive maturity ratings and sustained weight loss in obesity. Psychosomatics. 1986 Nov; 27(11):772-6, 781.
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  65. Vaillant GE, Bond M, Vaillant CO. An empirically validated hierarchy of defense mechanisms. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1986 Aug; 43(8):786-94.
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  66. Vaillant G. Cultural factors in the etiology of alcoholism: a prospective study. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1986; 472:142-8.
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  67. Snarey JR, Vaillant GE. How lower- and working-class youth become middle-class adults: the association between ego defense mechanisms and upward social mobility. Child Dev. 1985 Aug; 56(4):899-910.
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  68. Vaillant GE, Drake RE. Maturity of ego defenses in relation to DSM-III axis II personality disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1985 Jun; 42(6):597-601.
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  69. Drake RE, Vaillant GE. A validity study of axis II of DSM-III. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 May; 142(5):553-8.
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  70. Vaillant GE. Loss as a metaphor for attachment. Am J Psychoanal. 1985; 45(1):59-67.
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  71. Vaillant GE. An empirically derived hierarchy of adaptive mechanisms and its usefulness as a potential diagnostic axis. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 1985; 319:171-80.
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  72. Beardslee WR, Vaillant GE. Prospective prediction of alcoholism and psychopathology. J Stud Alcohol. 1984 Nov; 45(6):500-3.
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  73. Hartmann E, Milofsky E, Vaillant G, Oldfield M, Falke R, Ducey C. Vulnerability to schizophrenia. Prediction of adult schizophrenia using childhood information. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1984 Nov; 41(11):1050-6.
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  74. Klerman GL, Vaillant GE, Spitzer RL, Michels R. A debate on DSM-III. Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Apr; 141(4):539-53.
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  75. Long JV, Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health. XI: Escape from the underclass. Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Mar; 141(3):341-6.
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  76. Vaillant GE. The longitudinal study of behavioral disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 1984 Jan; 141(1):61-2.
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  77. Vaillant GE, Clark W, Cyrus C, Milofsky ES, Kopp J, Wulsin VW, Mogielnicki NP. Prospective study of alcoholism treatment. Eight-year follow-up. Am J Med. 1983 Sep; 75(3):455-63.
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  78. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male alcoholism V: is alcoholism the cart or the horse to sociopathy? Br J Addict. 1983 Sep; 78(3):317-26.
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  79. Vaillant GE, Milofsky ES. The etiology of alcoholism: a prospective viewpoint. Am Psychol. 1982 May; 37(5):494-503.
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  80. Vaillant GE, Gale L, Milofsky ES. Natural history of male alcoholism. II. The relationship between different diagnostic dimensions. J Stud Alcohol. 1982 Mar; 43(3):216-32.
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  81. Vaillant GE, Milofsky ES. Natural history of male alcoholism. IV. Paths to recovery. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1982 Feb; 39(2):127-33.
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  82. Vaillant GE, Vaillant CO. Natural history of male psychological health, X: Work as a predictor of positive mental health. Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Nov; 138(11):1433-40.
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  83. Vaillant GE, Milofsky E. Natural history of male psychological health: IX. Empirical evidence for Erikson's model of the life cycle. Am J Psychiatry. 1980 Nov; 137(11):1348-59.
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  84. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health: VIII. Antecedents of alcololism and "orality". Am J Psychiatry. 1980 Feb; 137(2):181-6.
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  85. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychologic health: effects of mental health on physical health. N Engl J Med. 1979 Dec 6; 301(23):1249-54.
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  86. Vaillant GE. Health consequences of adaptation to life. Am J Med. 1979 Nov; 67(5):732-4.
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  87. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health, IV: what kinds of men do not get psychosomatic illness. Psychosom Med. 1978 Aug; 40(5):420-31.
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  88. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health: VI. Correlates of successful marriage and fatherhood. Am J Psychiatry. 1978 Jun; 135(6):653-9.
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  89. Andrews G, Tennant C, Hewson DM, Vaillant GE. Life event stress, social support, coping style, and risk of psychological impairment. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1978 May; 166(5):307-16.
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  90. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health. V. The relation of choice of ego mechanisms of defense to adult adjustment. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1976 May; 33(5):535-45.
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  91. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health. III. Empirical dimensions of mental health. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975 Apr; 32(4):420-6.
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  92. Vaillant GE. Sociopathy as a human process. A viewpoint. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975 Feb; 32(2):178-83.
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  93. Vaillant GE. Natural history of male psychological health. II. Some antecedents of healthy adult adjustment. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1974 Jul; 31(1):15-22.
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  94. Vaillant GE. A 20-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1973 Aug; 29(2):237-41.
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  95. Vaillant GE. Why men seek psychotherapy. I. Results of a survey of college graduates. Am J Psychiatry. 1972 Dec; 129(6):645-51.
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  96. Vaillant GE, McArthur CC. Natural history of male psychologic health. I. The adult life cycle from 18-50. Semin Psychiatry. 1972 Nov; 4(4):415-27.
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  97. Vaillant GE, Sobowale NC, McArthur C. Some psychologic vulnerabilities of physicians. N Engl J Med. 1972 Aug 24; 287(8):372-5.
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  98. Vaillant GE. Theoretical hierarchy of adaptive ego mechanisms: a 30-year follow-up of 30 men selected for psychological health. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1971 Feb; 24(2):107-18.
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  99. Vaillant GE, Shapiro LN, Schmitt PP. Psychological motives for medical hospitalization. JAMA. 1970 Nov 30; 214(9):1661-5.
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  100. Vaillant GE. The natural history of narcotic drug addiction. Semin Psychiatry. 1970 Nov; 2(4):486-98.
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  101. Barnes FW, Vaillant GE, Havens LL, Barnhill JO. A new approach to the study of psychogenic disturbances. N Engl J Med. 1970 Oct 29; 283(18):959-63.
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  102. Vaillant GE, Brighton JR, McArthur C. Physicians' use of mood-altering drugs. A 20-year follow-up report. N Engl J Med. 1970 Feb 12; 282(7):365-70.
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  103. Vaillant GE. Clinical significance of anticholinergic effects of imipramine-like drugs. Am J Psychiatry. 1969 May; 125(11):1600-2.
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  104. Vaillant GE. Twelve-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts. II. The natural history of a chronic disease. N Engl J Med. 1966 Dec 8; 275(23):1282-8.
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  105. Vaillant GE. A 12-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts. 3. Some social and psychiatric characteristics. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1966 Dec; 15(6):599-609.
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  106. Vaillant GE. A twelve-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts: IV. Some characteristics and determinants of abstinence. Am J Psychiatry. 1966 Nov; 123(5):573-85.
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  107. Vaillant GE. Parent-child cultural disparity and drug addiction. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1966 Jun; 142(6):534-9.
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  108. Vaillant GE. A twelve-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts. I. The relation of treatment to outcome. Am J Psychiatry. 1966 Jan; 122(7):727-37.
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  109. Vaillant GE, Funkenstein DH. Long-term follow-up (10-15 years) of schizophrenic patients with Funkenstein (adrenalin-mecholyl) tests. Proc Annu Meet Am Psychopathol Assoc. 1966; 54:244-51.
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  110. VAILLANT GE. PROSPECTIVE PREDICTION OF SCHIZOPHRENIC REMISSION. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964 Nov; 11:509-18.
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  111. VAILLANT GE. AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE REMITTING SCHIZOPHRENIAS. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1964 Jan; 138:48-56.
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  112. VAILLANT GE. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE REMITTING SCHIZOPHRENIAS. Am J Psychiatry. 1963 Oct; 120:367-76.
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  113. VAILLANT GE. TWINS DISCORDANT FOR EARLY INFANTILE AUTISM. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1963 Aug; 9:163-7.
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  114. VAILLANT GE. The prediction of recovery in schizophrenia. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1962 Dec; 135:534-43.
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  115. VAILLANT GE. John Haslam on early infantile autism. Am J Psychiatry. 1962 Oct; 119:376.
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  116. VAILLANT GE. Paired episodes of manic-depressive illness within a single family. Am J Psychiatry. 1961 Nov; 118:450-2.
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