Psychiatric Nursing (Ego Defense Mech and Thera Comm) Flashcards
Woman who never wanted to have children becomes a super-mom
REACTION FORMATION
Person who despises the boss tells
everyone what a great boss she is.
REACTION FORMATION
Man pouts like a four-year-old if he is not
the center of his girlfriend’s attention.
REGRESSION
Unconscious forgetting
REPRESSION
Five-year-old asks fora bottle when new baby brother is being fed
REGRESSION
Woman has no memoryof themugging she suffered yesterday
REPRESSION
Excusing own behaviorto avoid responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect
RATIONALIZATION
Student blames failure on teacher being mean
RATIONALIZATION
Man says he beats his wife because she does not listen to him.
RATIONALIZATION
Woman has no memorybefore age 7 when
she was removed from abusive parents.
REPRESSION
Excluding emotionally painful or anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings
SUPRESSION and REPRESSION
Conscious forgetting
SUPRESSION
Ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less threatening than the one who aroused those feelings.
DISPLACEMENT
Woman has tried to forget her memoryof the financial problems she had in the past.
SUPRESSION
A person who is mad at the boss yells at his or her spouse
DISPLACEMENT
Expression of an emotional conflict through the development of a physical symptom usually sensorimotor in nature
CONVERSION
Over achievement in one area to offset real or perceived deficiencies in another area
COMPENSATION
Napoleon complex: Diminutive man becoming an emperor
COMPENSATION
Nurse with low self-esteem works double shifts so
her supervisor will like her
COMPENSATION
A teenager forbidden to see x-rated movies is tempted to do so by friends and develops blindness, and the
teenager is unconcerned about the loss of sight
CONVERSION
Failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to admit the reality of a situation, or how one enables the
problem to continue
DENIAL
Diabetic eating chocolate candy; spending money freely when broke; Waiting 3 days to seek help for severe
abdominal pain
DENIAL
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
“Yes”;”I follow what you said”; Nodding
ACCEPTING
“Is there something you’dlike to talk about?”;’Where would you like me to begin?”
Broad Openings
‘Was it something like?”; “Have you had similar experiences?”
ENCOURAGING COMPARISON
“Tell me whether my understanding of it agrees with yours.”; “Are you using this word to convey that?”
CONSENTUAL VALIDATION
“Tell me when you feel anxious”; “What is happening?”; “What does the voice seem to be saying?”
ENCOURAGING DESCRIPTION OF PERCEPTIONS
‘Whatare your feelings in regard to?”
ENCOURAGING EXPRESSION
“Tell me more about that.”; ‘Would you describe it more fully’?”; ‘What kind of work?”
EXPLORING
“Of all the concerns you have mentioned, Which is most troublesome?”
FOCUSING
‘What could you do to let your anger out harmlessly?”; “Next time this comes up, what might you do to handle it?”
FORMULATING A PLAN OF ACTION
“Goon.”;”And then?”;”Tell me about it.”
GENERAL LEADS
