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Recovered memories of alleged sexual abuse: Lawsuits against parents
Author(s) -
Wakefield Hollida,
Underwager Ralph
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370100406
Subject(s) - sexual abuse , hypnosis , psychology , suicide prevention , child abuse , poison control , psychotherapist , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , alternative medicine , pathology
Recently there has been increased civil litigation by adults suing parents and others for sexual abuse following the recovering of memories of the abuse through therapy. The memories are recovered with the help of therapists who use concepts such as repression and dissociation to account for the lack of memories and who then use techniques such as hypnosis and survivors' groups. However, the claims of repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse recovered in the course of therapy are unlikely to be supported by empirical data.