This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Psychoanalysis, Subject name: Psychiatry
[{'content': 'Expression and consequent release of previously repressed emotion is called as:- \nSelect and explain. \nA. Regression, B. Dissociation, C. Abreaction, D. All of the above', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': "Answer: C \nExplanation: Regression: Unconscious defense mechanism in which a person undergoes a paial or total return to earlier patterns of adaptation; observed in many psychiatric conditions, paicularly schizophrenia. Abreaction: A process by which repressed material, paicularly a painful experience or a conflict, is brought back to consciousness; in this process, the person not only recalls but also relives the repressed material, which is accompanied by the appropriate affective response. Dissociation: Unconscious defense mechanism involving the segregation of any group of mental or behavioral processes from the rest of the person's psychic activity; may entail the separation of an idea from its accompanying emotional tone, as seen in dissociative and conversion disorders.", 'role': 'assistant'}]