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FIGURE 3. Defensive Profile Narrative (PDN) of a patient assessed with the DMRS.
In addition to DPN, the DMRS-Q report provides the following quantitative scores: a
summary Overall Defensive Functioning (ODF), ranging from 1 to 7; proportional scores for
seven defense levels (see Table 1 for review); and proportional scores for 30 individual
defense mechanisms (see Tables 2–8 for review). Future updates in the web-app software
will also add scores for defensive categories and subcategories. Quantitative scores are
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displayed in both numerical and graphical forms in the DMRS-Q report, which can be
downloaded from the user dashboard at
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