A patient tells a nurse that she recently lost her job and that ever since, she has been going home and verbally abusing her spouse and child. The patient has lost all of her friends and feels confused. This patient is presenting the defense mechanism of

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The patient is using displacement as a defense mechanism by taking her frustration about losing her job and taking it out on her spouse and child at home.

A Patient Tells a Nurse That She Recently Lost Her