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Categorised defence mechanisms into mature, immature, psychotic and neurotic

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Vaillant

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Mature defences according to Vaillant

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Sublimation
Anticipation
Suppression
Humour
Altruism
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Defence mechanism where service to others is used to gain vicarious pleasure

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Altruism

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Specific type of altruism where the needs of others are satisfied to the detriment of the needs of onself

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Altruistic surrender

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Defence mechanism where comedy is used to express feelings without personal discomfort or awkwardness to others

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Humour

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Defence mechanism where one mentally prepares for the fact worse may be to come in a specific, goal directed way

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Anticipation

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Defence mechanism where a socially unacceptable impulse is channeled into a socially acceptable one

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Sublimation

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Defence mechanism where there is a conscious or semi-conscious decision made to postpone paying attention to an impulse or conflict, and the discomfort involved in acknowledged

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Suppression

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Type of defence where the person is deprived of something by using the defence, but retains insight into this fact

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Neurotic

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Neurotic defence mechanisms according to Vaillant

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Displacement
Dissociation
Isolation
Rationalisation
Reaction formation
Repression
Intellectualisation
Identification with the aggressor
Undoing
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Defence mechanism where an emotion is shifted from one object to another, less threatening object

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Displacement

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Defence mechanism where one’s sense of personal identity is temporarily modified in order to avoid emotional distress

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Dissociation

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Defence mechanism manifested in fugue states and hysterical conversion reactions

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Dissociation

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Defence mechanism manifested in fugue states and hysterical conversion reactions

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Dissociation

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Defence mechanism where an idea is separated from the emotion that accompanies it, and the emotion is repressed

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Isolation

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Defence mechanism where rational explanations are given to justify unacceptable ideas, behaviours or attitudes

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Rationalisation

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Defence mechanism where an unacceptable impulse is acted out as its exact opposite

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Reaction formation

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Defence mechanism where ideas or feelings are permanently withheld or lost from consciousness

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Repression

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Defence mechanism where ideas or feelings are stopped before they reach a conscious level

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Primary repression

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Defence mechanism where ideas or feelings are excluded from consciousness after already having been experienced

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Secondary repression

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Defence mechanism where there is an overemphasis on facts, logic and abstract reasoning to avoid the emotional experience

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Intellectualisation

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Defence mechanism where the victim of aggression begins to assume the qualities of the perpetrator

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Identification with the aggressor

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Defence mechanism where there is an attempt to make it that past actions, words or events have not occurred

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Undoing

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Defence mechanism where unacceptable impulses are perceived as though they came from somebody else

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Projection

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Defence mechanism where there is refusal to accept a painful reality
Denial
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Defence mechanism where an object or person can only be seen as good or bad, with no grey areas
Splitting
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Defence mechanism where an object is split, and is seen as entirely good and glorified
Idealisation
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Defence mechanism where an object is split, and is seen as entirely bad
Denigration
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Defence mechanism where an object is split, and is seen as entirely bad
Denigration
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Defence mechanism where an aspect of oneself is projected onto someone else, or where an individual attributes their response to another as as justifiable response to the attributes they perceive the other person to have
Projective identification
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Defence mechanism where the qualities of an object are internalised
Introjection
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Defence mechanism where there is a belief that one can influence the external world through their thoughts alone
Omnipotence
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Defence mechanism where an unconscious wish is carried out impulsively in behaviour, to avoid being conscious of the associated emotion
Acting out
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Defence mechanism where passively obstructive activities to 'defeat' a rival are carried out
Passive aggression
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Defence mechanism where psychological feelings are converted to physical symptoms
Somatisation
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Defence mechanism where behaviour moves back to a childhood state to avoid confronting a conflict
Regression
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Defence mechanism where bodily sensations are felt as especially intense due to an emotional state
Somatosensory amplification
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Defences commonly used in alcoholism
Denial, rationalisation
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Defences commonly used in anorexia nervosa
Denial, rationalisation
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Defences commonly used in borderline personality disorder
Splitting, idealisation, denigration, projection, dissociation, acting out
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Defences commonly used in depression
Regression
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Defences commonly used in dissocial personality disorder
Acting out
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Defences commonly used in fugue states
Dissociation
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Defences commonly used in hysteria
Repression, conversion
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Defences commonly used in OCD
Isolation, undoing, reaction formation, magical thinking
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Defences commonly used in paranoid delusions
Projection
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Defences commonly used in phobia
Displacement, avoidance
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Defences commonly used in schizoid personality disorder
Fantasy, avoidance
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Defences commonly used in somatoform disorders
Somatisation
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Defences commonly used in narcissistic personality disorder
Projection, splitting
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Klein's defence mechanisms
``` Splitting Introjection Projective identification Denial Omnipotence Grandiosity ```
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Freudian aspect of the brain which defence mechanisms are a function of
Ego
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Two positions described by Klein
Paranoid-schizoid | Depressive
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Defence mechanism used in the paranoid schizoid position
Splitting
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The ability gained in Klein's depressive position
Ambivalence
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Considered the primary defence mechanism
Repression
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Levels of defence mechanisms classified by Vaillant
Psychotic Immature Neurotic Mature
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Psychotic defence mechanisms according to Vaillant
Delusional projection Denial Distortion
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Immature defence mechanisms according to Vaillant
``` Splitting Projection Projective identification Schizoid fantasy Hypochondriasis Passive aggressive behaviour Acting out Regression ```
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Defence mechanism where fantasy and autistic retreat is used to avoid conflict and gratify unmet needs
Schizoid fantasy
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Type of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is characterised by a significant break from objective reality
Psychotic
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Type of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which annoys the observer, and comforts the user
Immature (also called narcissistic)
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Type of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which causes discomfort to the user rather than the observer
Neurotic
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Type of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which results in optimal handling of stressors
Mature
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Defence mechanism where there are frank delusions of external reality, often of a persecutory nature
Delusional projection
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Type of defence mechanism where there is a reshaping of external reality to meet inner needs
Distortion
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Level of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is common in healthy people under the age of 5
Psychotic
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Level of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is common in adult dreams and fantasy
Psychotic
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Level of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is common in healthy people aged 3-15
Immature
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Level of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is common in healthy people aged 3-90, in neurotic disorders, and in situations of acute stress
Neurotic
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Level of defence mechanism described by Vaillant which is common in healthy people aged 12-90
Mature
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Defence mechanism also known as motivated forgetting
Repression
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Situations where introjection is seen
Grief reactions Depression Stockholm syndrome
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Psychodynamic mechanism where characteristics of someone from a person's early life are placed onto people they meet in their adult life
Transference

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