How do defense mechanisms contribute to psychopathology?

What will be an ideal response?


They reduce anxiety by distorting reality rather than dealing directly with a problem.

Psychology

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Name that brain structure, and describe one finding that illustrates the role of that brain structure in inhibition. What will be an ideal response?

Psychology