Nursing notes … defence machanism…. Psychiatric nursing

—— DEFENCES MACHANISM ——

positive defences machanism

1.Rationalization
2.Substitution
3.Sublimation
4.Compensation
5.Denial
6.undoing
7.identification
8.Intellectulization
9.Alturism
10.Repression
11.Introjection
12.Transferance

Negative defences machanism

1.Reaction Formation
2.Suppression
3.Displacement
4. withdrawal
5.Conversion
6.projection
7.Regression
8.Dissociation
9.Fantasy
10.Somatization
11.Isolation
12.Acting out

Introduction: -
A defence mechanism is on
unconcious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially Harmful stimuli.

Definition -
unconscious processes people employ
to reduce stress in the psychological environment even if it is triggered by the external environment
~ Sigmund freud