meaning of being isolated in the field of psychology
4. isolation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it. psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology-the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.. isolation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it. psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology-the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.