Which of the following occurs after a successful psychoanalytic treatment?

A. Psychic energy strengthens the superego in patients.
B. A patient's positive transference toward the analyst increases.
C. A patient's ego is incorporated into the superego.
D. Neurotic symptoms are repressed in patients.
E. A patient's ego is expanded with previously repressed material.


Answer: E

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