"Defense Mechanisms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Unconscious process used by an individual or a group of individuals in order to cope with impulses, feelings or ideas which are not acceptable at their conscious level; various types include reaction formation, projection and self reversal.
| Descriptor ID |
D003674
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Defense Mechanisms" by people in Profiles.
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Discrepancy in perception of bullying experiences and later internalizing and externalizing behavior: A prospective study. Aggress Behav. 2017 Sep; 43(5):493-502.
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Defense styles in Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Apr 30; 238:137-142.
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The ironic detachment of Edward Gibbon. Int J Psychoanal. 2009 Jun; 90(3):581-93.
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The relation among perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals with eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2005 Dec; 38(4):371-4.
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The uncomfortable community meeting and the privacy-urgency coordinate: discussion and case study. Bull Menninger Clin. 1991; 55(3):375-83.
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Transformations of unconscious fantasy in art. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1990; 38(1):47-59.
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Dissociating damage. Am J Clin Hypn. 1986 Oct; 29(2):123-31.
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The analysis of an adolescent boy. Adolesc Psychiatry. 1985; 12:336-60.
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Student observer involvement in psychotic transference. Am J Psychother. 1973 Oct; 27(4):599-609.