TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Defense mechanisms in risk of suicide and risk of violence
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Apter, Alan
A1  - Plutchik, R.
A1  - Sevy, S.
A1  - Korn, M.
A1  - Brown, Scott
A1  - van Praag, H.
SP  - 1027
EP  - 1031
VL  - 146
IS  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -