George E. Vaillant

George E. Vaillant, MD , is a psychoanalyst and a research psychiatrist, one of the pioneers in the study of adult development. He is a professor at Harvard University and directed Harvard's Study of Adult Development for thirty-five years. He is the author of Aging Well , Triumphs of Experience , and The Natural History of Alcoholism , and his 1977 book, Adaptation to Life , is a classic text in the study of adult development. He lives in Orange, California, but works part time at...See more

George E. Vaillant, MD , is a psychoanalyst and a research psychiatrist, one of the pioneers in the study of adult development. He is a professor at Harvard University and directed Harvard's Study of Adult Development for thirty-five years. He is the author of Aging Well , Triumphs of Experience , and The Natural History of Alcoholism , and his 1977 book, Adaptation to Life , is a classic text in the study of adult development. He lives in Orange, California, but works part time at Massachusetts General Hospital. See less