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Indiana Medicine : the Journal of the... May 1991
Topics: Denial, Psychological; Humans; Physician Impairment; Substance-Related Disorders
PubMed: 2061605
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Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and... Jun 1987
Topics: Cognition; Denial, Psychological; Female; Humans; Male; Nurse-Patient Relations; Pregnancy; Psychiatric Nursing
PubMed: 3649412
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Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a... 1998Denial represents an important area of study in individuals with cancer. It may be related to recognizing symptoms, seeking medical help, psychological adjustment to... (Review)
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Denial represents an important area of study in individuals with cancer. It may be related to recognizing symptoms, seeking medical help, psychological adjustment to diagnosis and illness, and perhaps progression of the disease. However, denial has been defined theoretically and measured in a variety of ways. These differences are due to a lack of consensus as to whether denial is unconscious versus conscious, a trait versus a state, an indication of psychological disturbance versus a normal response to a life-threatening disease, or a broad versus a narrow concept. In addition, there is a lack of congruence between theoretical definitions and the operational definitions used in empirical studies investigating denial in the context of cancer. This inconsistency may be responsible for the mixed findings concerning the importance and function of denial in individuals with cancer. In this article, the ways in which denial has been conceptualized and operationalized are examined, and an overview of the research examining denial in cancer patients is provided. We recommend that future studies provide explicit definitions of denial, use multiple measures assessing different modalities and outcomes, measure denial at several times over the course of illness, and take into account aspects of the individual's situation to ensure that denial is not identified erroneously.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Health; Denial, Psychological; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Male; Neoplasms; Research; Survival
PubMed: 9989321
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Death Studies Feb 2011
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Death; Deception; Denial, Psychological; Humans; Life Change Events; Religion and Psychology; Self Concept; Social Adjustment
PubMed: 24501830
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.535377 -
Postgraduate Medical Journal Jan 2019
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Climate Change; Denial, Psychological; Grief; Humans
PubMed: 30665904
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136407 -
Newsweek Aug 2007
Topics: Denial, Psychological; Greenhouse Effect; Humans; Politics; United States
PubMed: 19146210
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The Journal of the Kentucky Medical... Jan 1979
Topics: Alcoholism; Denial, Psychological; Humans; Physicians; Substance-Related Disorders
PubMed: 759535
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Nursing TimesWe are psychological therapists working as part of a specialist palliative care team, and receive referrals for patients who are psychologically distressed and... (Review)
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We are psychological therapists working as part of a specialist palliative care team, and receive referrals for patients who are psychologically distressed and frequently described as being 'in denial'. In this article, we explain what denial is and how patients use this process as they try to find different ways of coping with their prognosis.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Denial, Psychological; Humans; Nurse-Patient Relations; Palliative Care
PubMed: 19736742
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The American Journal of Hospice &... 1994Denial in the terminally-ill is often seen as a problem that health care professionals, particularly social workers need to fix. Rather than seeing denial as a part of...
Denial in the terminally-ill is often seen as a problem that health care professionals, particularly social workers need to fix. Rather than seeing denial as a part of acceptance, it is seen as just the opposite. Denial surfaces to establish control in an uncontrollable situation such as terminal illness. The social worker's challenge is to help the patient and family see their own strengths and make their own decisions. As the patient and family regain some control over their lives, denial is often replaced with other, more functional coping mechanisms.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Denial, Psychological; Humans; Internal-External Control; Social Work; Terminal Care
PubMed: 7880638
DOI: 10.1177/104990919401100213 -
Cognitive Neuroscience 2013A central flaw in models of anosognosia is to consider metacognitive awareness and affective regulation and responsiveness as separate functional modular subsystems....
A central flaw in models of anosognosia is to consider metacognitive awareness and affective regulation and responsiveness as separate functional modular subsystems. This line of reasoning leads to an "either or" conceptualization of the probable causes of implicit awareness in anosognosic patients. Neuroscience research and clinical observations of patients suggest that anosognosia is often associated with a change in the affective status of the individual as well as a change in their explicit verbal descriptions of themselves. Studying anosognosic patients over time and including measures of psychological denial and anosodiaphoria are necessary when interpreting markers of implicit awareness.
Topics: Agnosia; Alzheimer Disease; Awareness; Denial, Psychological; Humans
PubMed: 24251609
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.854758