PMHNP certification exam Questions & Answers!!

denial - ANSWER refusal to admit or recognize problem or event- primitive defense mechanism projection - ANSWER taking one's own unacceptable qualities and attributing them to another- primitive defense mechanism regression - ANSWER reverting to patterns of behavior from earlier stage of developement- immature defense mechanism passive-aggression - ANSWER indirectly expressing anger- immature defense mechanism reaction formation - ANSWER taking up the opposite feeling to reduce anxiety- neurotic defense mechanism intelluctualization - ANSWER focusing on intellectual component to AVOID anxiety or thinking about the matter- neurotic defense mechanism repression - ANSWER keeping info out of consciousness- neurotic defense mechanism displacement - ANSWER taking out frustrations, etc on people or objects less threatening- neurotic defense mechanism rationalization - ANSWER explaining unacceptable in a rational or logical manner- neurotic defense mechanism splitting - ANSWER seeing things about self or others in extremes, unable to integrate negative and positive- neurotic defense mechanism sublimation - ANSWER converts unacceptable into acceptable (going to gym when angry)- mature, healthy defense mechanism humor, sublimation, suppression - ANSWER mature, healthy defense mechanisms suppression - ANSWER removal of unwanted informat