title: The evolutionary functions of repression and the ego defenses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nesse
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment