Naslov
DEFENSE MECHANISMS AND INSIGHT IN THE POPULATION OF YOUNG PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS INCLUDED IN „FIRST EPISODE INTERVENTION PROGRAM“

Autori
Bogović, Anamarija ; Restek-Petrović, Branka ; Grah, Majda ; Mihanović, Mate

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts / - Dubrovnik, 2011

Skup
17th International Congress for the Psychological Treatments of Psychoses

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 31.05.2011. - 04.06.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
defense mechanisms; insight; psychotic patients; early intervention

Sažetak
Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies that people use throughout life to maintain a state of balance. They become pathological when their use leads to maladaptive behavior and harmful effects on own personality. The patients in therapy use defense mechanisms to resist recognition of unconscious impulses and protect the fragile ego structure from disintegration. They use a variety of mechanisms from primitive to mature with a different frequency of utilization. In patients with psychotic disorders frequently are utilized immature defense mechanisms. The influence of psychodynamic group psychotherapy leads to more adequate overall functioning and use of more mature defense mechanisms. The aim of this study was to determinate the frequency of utilization of a particular defense mechanisms in young patients which suffer from psychotic disorders who were included in the group psychodynamic psychotherapy in the framework of the “First episode intervention Program for psychotic disorders” in Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb in correlation to insight. For this purpose, we examined the frequency of use of the following mechanisms: negation, projection, regression, displacement, reactive formation, repression, intellectualization and compensation and the insight as well depending on the duration of group psychodynamic psychotherapy. Patients filled in Life Style Questionnaire (Kellerman) and Insight Scale (Birchwood et al, 1994).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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