TY - JOUR
T1 - Defense mechanisms in risk of suicide and risk of violence
AU - Apter, A.
AU - Plutchik, R.
AU - Sevy, S.
AU - Korn, M.
AU - Brown, S.
AU - Van Praag, H.
PY - 1989/8
Y1 - 1989/8
N2 - This paper reports on an empirical study of defense mechanisms in 60 psychiatric inpatients. Eight defenses - compensation, denial, displacement, intellectualization, projection, reaction formation, regression, and repression - were studied in the context of a two-stage model of suicidal and violent behavior. The results showed that use of regression as a defense differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal patients, and use of displacement differentiated violent from nonviolent patients. Repression tended to turn aggression inward, and projection and denial turned aggression outward.
AB - This paper reports on an empirical study of defense mechanisms in 60 psychiatric inpatients. Eight defenses - compensation, denial, displacement, intellectualization, projection, reaction formation, regression, and repression - were studied in the context of a two-stage model of suicidal and violent behavior. The results showed that use of regression as a defense differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal patients, and use of displacement differentiated violent from nonviolent patients. Repression tended to turn aggression inward, and projection and denial turned aggression outward.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024319965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/ajp.146.8.1027
DO - 10.1176/ajp.146.8.1027
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C2 - 2750974
AN - SCOPUS:0024319965
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 146
SP - 1027
EP - 1031
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -
