"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Defense Mechanisms" by people in Profiles.
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Mood and Affect in the COVID-19 Era. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021 03 01; 209(3):228.
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Parents' Perceptions of Internalizing and Externalizing Features in Childhood OCD. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2019 08; 50(4):692-701.
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It Won't Happen to Me: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Defensive Attribution in Rape Victim Blaming. Violence Against Women. 2020 08; 26(10):1059-1079.
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Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Internalized Homonegativity in Midlife and Older Gay and Bisexual Men. J Appl Gerontol. 2020 05; 39(5):527-535.
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Amygdala-frontal connectivity predicts internalizing symptom recovery among inpatient adolescents. J Affect Disord. 2018 01 01; 225:453-459.
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The Differential Relations Between Empathy and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Inpatient Adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2016 12; 47(6):966-974.
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Negative emotional reactivity moderates the relations between family cohesion and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescence. J Adolesc. 2016 Dec; 53:116-126.
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Clinical Correlates and Mediators of Self-Concept in Youth with Chronic Tic Disorders. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2016 Feb; 47(1):64-74.
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Premature termination from psychotherapy and internalizing psychopathology: the role of demoralization. J Affect Disord. 2015 Mar 15; 174:549-55.
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Shedding light on women's response to "Twilight". Acad Psychiatry. 2011 Nov 01; 35(6):411-4.