About the Author
MARDI J. HOROWITZ, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California-San Francisco and Director of the Center on Stress and Personality at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. A recognized authority on theory building in psychodynamics, Dr. Horowitz is the author of an influential series of clinical works. His books include Stress Response Syndromes, States of Mind, Person Schemas and Maladaptive Interpersonal Patterns, Hysterical Personality Style and the Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Formulation as a Basis for Planning Psychotherapy.