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  «ì´_°O¾Ð/¿ù»~°O¾Ð¤§ª§Ä³  The Recovered Memory/False Memory Controversy

Abuse, Science, Memory, Ethics, Malpractice

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D.
  • Full-text articles by Pope that examine whether there is any scientific basis in the claims made by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation and their supporters concerning an “epidemic?of false memories of abuse caused by therapists.
  • Also includes abstracts of research by Dr. Pope and associates on therapists?sexual intimacy with clients.

British False Memory Society

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: British False Memory Society, British analogue of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.
  • Describes the Society’s concerns about alleged creation of false memories of child abuse and satanic abuse by incompetent therapists.
  • Includes the full text of the Society’s most recent newsletter, which generally has material about recent research supporting the iatrogenic view of DID.
  • Links to Web sites about false allegations of abuse and false memory.

False Memory Syndrome Foundation

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: False Memory Syndrome Foundation.
  • Describes the FMSF’s point of view: Therapists have created an epidemic of family disruption by suggesting or coercing patients to believe that their parents sexually abused them as children.
  • Web site includes the full text of current and back issues of the FMSF newsletter.
  • Narratives by “retractors?(people who formerly believed that they were abused by their parents but who now believe they were led to make these false allegations by malpracticing therapists).
  • Includes a lengthy review article by Campbell Perry, Ph.D. on key concepts in hypnosis and the history of its therapeutic use.

False Memory Syndrome vs. Recovered Memories

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Unknown.
  • Links, without comment, to articles and Web sites about both sides of the controversy.

he Greenbaum Speech? Hypnosis in MPD: Ritual Abuse

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Mind Control Forum.
  • Transcript of a 1992 conference presentation by D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D. (a past president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis), alleging that the CIA used an ex-Nazi to perpetrate mind control programming on children in order to make them into “Manchurian candidates?that kill, engage in child programming, and smuggle drugs. This presentation is widely attacked by critics of “recovered memory therapy."

Multiple Personality Disorder a.k.a. Dissociative Identity Disorder: Both Sides to the Debate

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
  • Despite its stated intent to be balanced, the site is highly skewed in favor of the idea that DID is almost always iatrogenic.
  • Includes links to Web sites that take both sides of the debate.

Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research & Scholarly Resources

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
  • Extensive and scholarly summary of research findings on the accuracy of recovered memories, concluding that delayed recall of child abuse memories is not rare, and that traumatic and nontraumatic memories have some different characteristics.
  • Links to other Web pages dealing with recovered memories.

Elizabeth F. Loftus Home Page

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Elizabeth F. Loftus, Ph.D., University of Washington
  • Articles on the suggestibility of memory in research and psychotherapy by a member of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Recovered Memory Project

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Ross E. Cheit, Ph.D., Brown University.
  • Describes cases collected by Dr. Cheit of corroboration for recovered memories of abuse.