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Repression

Medical Definition: The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting, banishing from consciousness, ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.
Guide Notes: no qualif
Also Called: Delayed Memory,False Memory Syndrome,Repressed Memory
Repression Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Repression-Sensitization - Defense mechanisms involving approach and avoidance responses to threatening stimuli. The sensitizing process involves intellectualization in approaching or controlling the stimulus whereas repression involves unconscious denial in avoiding the stimulus.

Repression Medical Definitions and Terms

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