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Displacement, Psychological MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
The process by which an emotional or behavioral response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation for which it is inappropriate.
Entry Term(s)
Displacement, Psychology
Psychological Displacement
NLM Classification #
WM 193.5.D5
Previous Indexing
Behavior (1966-1967)
Psychoanalytic Interpretation (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
1968
History Note
2020 (1968); was DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1968-2019
The process by which an emotional or behavioral response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation for which it is inappropriate.