"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.
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D003674
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393
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| 2005 | 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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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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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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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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The effects of providing lung age and respiratory symptoms feedback on community college smokers' perceived smoking-related health risks, worries and desire to quit. Addict Behav. 2007 Mar; 32(3):516-32.
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Baseline predictors of response to divalproex in conduct disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Dec; 66(12):1541-8.
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A repressive coping style protecting from emotional distress in low-renin essential hypertensives. J Hypertens. 1994 May; 12(5):601-7.
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Child abuse and treatment difficulty in inpatient treatment of children and adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1994; 25(1):53-64.
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Tic-related vs. non-tic-related obsessive compulsive disorder. Anxiety. 1994-1995; 1(5):208-15.