Self-Esteem and Defense Mechanisms in HIV-Positive and AIDS Patients.

Conclusions: No difference was found in the self-esteem scores of the HIV/AIDS and control groups, and this finding could be associated with the stability of the self-esteem concept. It was also determined that patient group members utilized neurotic and immature defense mechanisms more often compared to the healthy group, and there was no difference between the groups based on mature defense mechanisms. PMID: 32220150 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32220150?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders - March 30, 2020 Category: Primary Care Tags: Prim Care Companion CNS Disord Source Type: research