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  • Contents
  • Preface, 1995
  • Cast of Protagonists
  • Part One: The Study of Mental Health: Methods and Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Mental Health
  • 2. The Men of the Grant Study
  • 3. How They Were Studied
  • 4. Health Redifined
  • The Joyful Expression of Sex and of Anger
  • Part Two: Basic Styles of Adaptation
  • 5. Adaptive Ego Mechanisms
  • A Heirarchy
  • 6. Sublimination
  • 7. Suppression, Anticipation, Altruism, and Humor
  • 8. The Neurotic Defenses
  • 9, The Immature Defenses
  • Part Three: Development Consequences of Adaptation
  • 10. The Adult Life Cycle
  • In One Culture11. Paths into Health
  • 12. Successful Adjustment
  • 13. The Child Is Father to the Man
  • 14. Friends, Wives, and Children
  • Part Four: Concluions
  • 15. The Maturing Ego
  • 16. What is Mental Health
  • A Reprise
  • 17. A Summary
  • References Cited
  • Appendix A: A Glossary of Defenses
  • Appendix B: The Interview Schedule
  • Appendix C: The Rating Scales