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Prognostic criteria are variables with changing validity in keeping with the growth of the patient. In addition, the validity of any single
criterion varies in accordance with the patient's personality structure. In spite of that, the determination of the intensity of suffering, whether genuine or functional, the kind and degree of the disturbance of self-esteem, and the extent of the regenerative forces of the ego deduced from the expectations of the patient, give us the best clues regarding the patient's analyzability. With a more precise knowledge of structure and a goal-directed technique, the range of indications for analysis will be broadened.