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Mechanisms of Defense

2009
Twenty-five-year-old Louise Bentley made an appointment with a psychiatrist to help her decide if she should undergo psychoanalysis. Her chief complaint was an inability to sustain a lasting relationship with a man and her habit of approaching marriage only to break off the relationship at the last minute.
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Thermoregulatory defense mechanisms

Critical Care Medicine, 2009
Core body temperature is normally tightly regulated by an effective thermoregulatory system. Thermoregulatory control is sometimes impaired by serious illness, but more typically remains intact. The primary autonomic defenses against heat are sweating and active precapillary vasodilation; the primary autonomic defenses against cold are arteriovenous ...
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Defense Mechanisms of Termites

Annual Review of Entomology, 1984
For predators of all sizes, termite colonies are dangerous but well-stocked pantries. The success of termites over the last 150 million years is due in large part to the development of elaborate architectural, behavioral, morphological, and chemical strategies for colony defense.
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Defense Mechanisms and Personality Disorders

The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1999
The evaluation of defense mechanisms represents one of the most promising fields in the psychodynamic-oriented empirical research on personality disorders (PDs). This study examines the association between DSM-IV PDs and defense mechanisms. We evaluated a sample of 50 adult outpatients seeking personality assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment. PDs
LINGIARDI V   +5 more
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What is a Mechanism of Defense?

1993
We are all agreed on this point: the theory of defense is a cornerstone of psychodynamic thinking. The analytical literature on various aspects of this theory is vast. Yet, there are few surveys of the theory as a whole (cf. Sjoback, 1973), and we find conspicuous confusion and salient dissent in the discussion of even its basic assumptions.
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Defense Mechanisms

Annual Review of Physiology, 1947
W C, BOYD, S, MALKIEL
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Defects in Host Defense Mechanisms

1988
Under normal conditions, large areas of the human body surfaces are colonized with microorganisms. The skin and the mucous membranes of the oropharynx, nasopharynx, intestinal tract, and parts of the genital tract each have their own microflora.1 These patterns of colonization are determined by microbial factors, exogenous factors, and host factors.
Jos W. M. van der Meer   +1 more
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Defense Mechanisms of the Skin

Annual Review of Medicine, 1963
Lorincz Al, Rothman S
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Defense Mechanisms of the Lungs

Annual Review of Physiology, 1975
W M Gold, and A B Cohen
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Defense Mechanisms and Defense Levels

Home Health Care Management & Practice, 2005
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