Diagnostic chapter connects a phenomenon to the section of clinical classification where a related condition is described, when one exists. Wikipedia notes that the study of cognitive biases "has practical implications for areas including clinical judgment, entrepreneurship, finance, and management," clinical judgment being the area closest to formal diagnosis. This grouping is useful mainly for phenomena that shade into a recognized clinical picture.
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Originating WorkAnna Freud's The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936) 1 Schizophrenia or Other Primary Psychotic Disorders
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In the first definitive book on defence mechanisms, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), Anna Freud enumerated the ten defence mechanisms that appear in the works of her father, Sigmund Freud.
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