Externalization vs Projection (Psychiatry)

[greentealeaves]

What is the difference between externalization and projection?

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[frenchyn]

What is the difference between externalization and projection?

I will bite the bullet and ask (cuz I am bored): you gotta be kidding right?

 

[greentealeaves]

No I am not. I got an Amboss question that required you to differentiate between the two.

 

[Captain_Falcon]

No I am not. I got an Amboss question that required you to differentiate between the two.

Didnt Amboss explain the difference?

 

[Pinocytosis]

Giovacchini PL. Alienation: character neuroses and narcissistic disorders. Int J Psychoanal Psychother. 1977;6:289-314. PMID: 914441.

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