Repression

Repression may refer to:

• Memory inhibition, the ability to filter irrelevant memories from attempts to recall
• Political repression, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons
• Social repression
• Psychological repression, the psychological act of excluding desires and impulses from one's consciousness
• Genetic repression, the downregulation of gene transcription by the action of repressor proteins binding to a promoter
• Repression, a theoretical concept that describes the act of creating a repressed memory that excludes a particular episode from consciousness and the ability to recall it
• "Repression" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth episode of the seventh (and final) season of the series.
• Does Repression Exist? Memory, Pathogenic,Unconscious and Clinical Evidence (2008) by Prof. Y. Rofe This article is a comprehensive review article published in Review of General Psychology, 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1, 63–85. See RCTN - The Rational-Choice Theory of Neurosis, which is an alternative theory based on the absence of repression from the understanding of the development and treatment of psychological disorders.