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Defense Mechanisms

This document discusses various defense mechanisms and manifestations of mental illness. It lists 14 common defense mechanisms including repression, suppression, sublimation, reaction formation, rationalization, projection, undoing, compensation, identification, intellectualization, denial, displacement, symbolization, and splitting. It then discusses various types of delusions including somatic, nihilistic, persecutory, religious, erotomania, and grandiose delusions. Finally, it outlines several manifestations of mental illness including hallucinations, disturbances in memory, and disturbances in cognition/thought processes.

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Defense Mechanisms

This document discusses various defense mechanisms and manifestations of mental illness. It lists 14 common defense mechanisms including repression, suppression, sublimation, reaction formation, rationalization, projection, undoing, compensation, identification, intellectualization, denial, displacement, symbolization, and splitting. It then discusses various types of delusions including somatic, nihilistic, persecutory, religious, erotomania, and grandiose delusions. Finally, it outlines several manifestations of mental illness including hallucinations, disturbances in memory, and disturbances in cognition/thought processes.

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Louella Ramos

DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1. Repression


Unconscious & involuntary forgetting of painful ideas, events & conflicts. Autonomic, submerging. Conscious & voluntary forgetting. Intentional exclusion of forbidden ideas & thoughts. Putting anger into something productive. Diversion of unacceptable feelings, ideas in socially acceptable areas. Plastic, doing the opposite of the intention. Assuming the attitude/behavior that one regrets. Attempting to justify/modify unacceptable needs. Using illogical reasoning Because . Attributing one s own unacceptable feelings to others. Blaming others. Actual or symbolic attempt to erase previous experiences that causes guilt. To repair feelings. Attempting to make up or affect deficiencies. Developing other personal qualities to hide weaknesses. Attempting to pattern or resemble the personality of an admired person (idolizes). Overuse of intellectual concepts to avoid effective expression of feelings. Grieving with explanations.

Blocking out or disowning of painful thought/feelings. Related to rationalization.

- Unrealistic belief about one s health or body fxns;


negative results.

2) Nihilistic D.
- World is ending or person is dying.

12. Displacement
Transfer into another situation of an emotion to an appropriate person or object. Using symbols as an external object Dividing people into good or bad categories. Sudden reversal of feelings. Internalization Values & attitudes of others as if they were your own.

3) Persecutory D.
- Being threatened or spied on paranoid suspicious people.

2. Suppression

13. Symbolization
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4) Religious D.
- Having special healing powers.

14. Splitting 15. Introjection

5) Erotomania D.
- Sexual; others will know about intimate activities.

3. Sublimation
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6) Grandiose D.
- inflated with self, worth & power.

b. Looseness of Association
- Shifting from one topic to another no meaning (schizo).

4. Reaction Formation
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MANIFESTATIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS 1. Alteration in Perception  HALLUCINATION


- False sensory perception; any of 5 senses

c. Flight of Ideas
- Manic patient; rapid, conscious verbalization of topics that will produce constant shifting from one topic to another topic no meaning.

5. Rationalization
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d. Neologism
- Coining of new words; ex. Gay lingo

6. Projection

a. Auditory Hallucination
- Schizo (paranoid) - Command hallucination - Hearing voices

e. Word Salad
- Chaining of new words without coherent thought.

f. Clang Association
- Rhyming of words with poetic responses. - Words have no logical connection.

7. Undoing

b. Tactile
Alcoholics Bugs are growing in my skin.

c. Visual
Drug Addicts

Vine tea is my soak lee in peep tea when you pa-load tar tea vine tea is my soak lee in peep tea

g. Concrete Association
- Philosophical Answering.

8. Compensation

d. Gustatory
Taste (delirium)

e. Olfactory
Smell (delirium)

3. Disturbances in Memory a. Anterograde Amnesia


- Recent Memory Loss. - Common after ECT & delirium
- REORIENT THE PATIENT BY MEANS OF CLOCK/ CALENDAR

9. Identification
-

 ILLUSION
- Misinterpretation of an external stimuli
- REMOVE THE STIMULUS THAT CAUSES THE ILLUSION

10. Intellectualization
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b. Retrograde Amnesia
- Remote Memory Loss. -Common in Dementia Patients -REMINESCENCE THERAPY (diary, music, photo album)

11. Denial

2. Disturbances in Cognition/Thought Processes a. Delusions 1) Somatic D.

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