The coping mechanism patients with anorexia nervosa use maladaptively is:
a. denial.
b. projection.
c. introjection.
d. rationalization.
A
Patients with anorexia nervosa use denial about the appropriateness of body weight, their nutritional intake, their insistence of normalcy, and their need for help.
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