Why Did Freud Begin His Serious Medical Practice with Hysteria

question 86

Multiple Choice

Why did Freud begin his serious medical practice with hysteria patients?

• A) He could not make a living treating ordinary neurological patients.
• B) He was encouraged to study them by Ernst Brücke.
• C) He became fascinated by them while still a medical student.
• D) One of his sisters developed severe symptoms of hysteria.

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