DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious — Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious — Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious — Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious — Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious — Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
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DENIALDefense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of external reality that, if acknowledged, would produce anxiety.

— Benjamin James Sadock, Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
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