@article{ref1,
title="Defense mechanisms in risk of suicide and risk of violence",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1989",
author="Apter, Alan and Plutchik, R. and Sevy, S. and Korn, M. and Brown, Scott and van Praag, H.",
volume="146",
number="8",
pages="1027-1031",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}