Addressing and interpreting defense mechanisms in psychotherapy: General considerations

Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-165

  Olson, Trevor R ^a,b   Christopher Perry, J ^a   Janzen, Jennifer I ^a   Petraglia, Jonathan ^a   Presniak, Michelle D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EGO; EGO PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NARCISSISM; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79959590589     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2011.74.2.142     Document Type: Article

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