Social defences and Organisational culture in a local Authoritychildprotectio…

The study of social defences against anxiety used within institutions has a long history,beginning with the seminal work of Isobel Menzies Lyth, who examined the reasons for the high rate of nursing students dropping out of their professional training within a large London teaching hospital. She identified a range of social defences used by nursing staff to manage the anxieties inherent within …