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"[[end of analysis]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[fin d'analyse]]'')
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[[Lacan]]'s answer to this question is that it is indeed possible to speak of concluding an [[analysis]].
Although not all [[analyses]] are carried through to their conclusion, [[analytic treatment]] is a logical process which has an end, and [[Lacan]] designates this end-point by the term "[[end of analysis]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[fin d'analyse]]'').
Given that many [[analyses]] are broken off before the [[end of analysis]] is reached, the question arises as to whether such [[analyses]] can be considered successful or not.
To answer this question it is necessary to distinguish between the [[end of analysis]] and the [[end of analsysisanalysis|aim of psychoanalytic treatment]].
The [[end of analsysisanalysis|aim of psychoanalytic treatment]] is to lead the [[analysand]] to articulate the [[truth]] about his [[desire]].
Any [[analysis]], however incomplete, may be regarded as successful when it achieves this aim.
