The present study has tried to explore the defence oriented reactions of the patients suffering from OCD and GAD. For this data was collected on 100 patients equally divided into OCD and GAD patients. They were further classified equally on the basis of gender (OCD,M=25,F=25) and (GAD,M=25,F=25). Mrinal and Mrinal’s (1998) Defense Mechanism Inventory was used to assess defence oriented reactions of OCD and GAD patients.The results have revealed that 1. GAD patients were found to use more Principalization and Projection while OCD patients were found to use more Reversal than GAD patients.2. Boys as compared to girls were found to use more Turning against Self and Reversal while girls were found to report more Turning Against Object.3. No significant interactions were found on any of the dimensions of defence mechanism.
