ATI Mental Health CMS Exam Review (New
2024/ 2025 Update) Complete Guide with
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A
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... [Show More] Defense mechanism - altruism
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Dealing with stress/anxiety by helping others
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Defense mechanism - sublimation
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Substitute negative impulses into acceptable forms of expression
*example*
Working out hard at the gym
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Defense mechanism - supression
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*voluntary* denial of unpleasant thoughts/feelings
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Defense mechanism - repression
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*unconscious* denial of unpleasant thoughts/feelings
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Defense mechanism - regression
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Reverting back to childlike behaviors that are inappropriate for current level of development
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Defense mechanism - displacement
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Redirecting feelings about a person/situation towards a less threatening object/person
*example*
Dad loses job, destroys his child's toy
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Defense mechanism - reaction formation
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Demonstrated the opposite behavior vs. What is actually felt
*example*
"i love nursing exams!"
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Defense mechanism - undoing
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Performing an act to make up for prior behavior
*example*
Bringing home flowers after domestic abuse
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Defense mechanism - rationalization
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Creating an acceptable excuse to justify an unacceptable behavior
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Defense mechanism - dissociation
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Temporary compartmentalization of feelings/thoughts
*example*
Forgetting who you are during sexual assault
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Defense mechanism - denial
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Pretending truth is not reality
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Defense mechanism - compensation
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Emphasizing strengths to make up for weaknesses
*example*
Physically disabled person excel academically
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Defense mechanism - identification
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Adopting characteristics of another individual or group
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Defense mechanism - intellectualization
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Separation of feelings/emotions from logistical facts to facilitate coping
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Defense mechanism - conversion
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Unconscious development of physical symptoms as a response to stress
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Defense mechanism - splitting
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Inability to recognize positive *and* negative attributes in others or self
*example*
"all or nothing" mentality
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Defense mechanism - projection
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Attributing your own thoughts/feelings ont [Show Less]