A new patient with schizophrenia is admitted to the psychiatric unit. He is standing at the locked exit door and yelling, "Help me, I don't belong here." This behavior is most likely an example of what defense mechanism?
A.
Denial
B.
Regression
C.
Enabling
D.
Projection
ANS: A
This patient is struggling to accept a painful reality. Denial serves as a way to avoid this reality. Regression is emotionally returning to an earlier time in life when there was far less stress. Projection is blaming others. Enabling is not a defense mechanism.
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