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NR 473 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Defense Mechanisms Denial-Avoiding unpleasant realities by ignoring or refusing to recognize them. Compensation-Process by which people make up for perceived weakness by emphasizing characteristics they deem more attractive. Rationalization-offering socially acceptable explanations to justify unacceptable impulses, motives or behavior. Conversion-translating anxiety into paralysis of the voluntary muscles or problems with the special senses. Displacement-Shift of emotion from a person or place to another person or object. Identification-Process by which people become like someone they admire by taking on characteristics of them. Regression-Returning to a former level of development. Dissociation-Separation of mental or behavioral processes from the rest of consciousness. Isolation-Splitting off emotional components of a thought. Separating thoughts and feelings. Projection-Attributing one’s thoughts and emotions to another. Repression-Involuntarily excluding a painful or conflicted thought from awareness. Suppression- Intentional exclusion of a painful or conflicted thought from awareness. Undoing-Act or communication that partially negates a previous one.

Stuart, G. (2009). Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing. (9th edition). St. Louis, MO.: Mosby Elsevier, p. 227....