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A form of psychotherapy that seeks to reinforce the patient's defenses and to provide him with reassurance, .rather than to probe deeply.' into his conflicts.
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One of the three component parts of the psychic apparatus. The other two are the ego and the id. Freud created the theoretical concept of the superego to describe the psychic functions that are expressed in moral attitudes, conscience and a sense of guilt. The superego results from the
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State of compliant responsiveness to an idea or . influence. It is commonly observed among persons with hysterical traits.
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An unconscious defense mechanism in which a person replaces an unacceptable wish, drive, emotion or goal with one that is more acceptable.
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An unconscious defense mechanism in which unacceptable instinctual drives are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels. Unlike other defense mechanisms, sublimation offers some minimal gratification of the instinctual drive or impulse.
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Disturbance of consciousness in which the patient is non- reactive to an unaware of his surroundings. Organically, it is synonymous with unconsciousness. In psychiatry, it is referred to as mutism and is commonly found in catatonia and psychotic depression.
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