Psychology
Recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse: Clinicians' practices and beliefs
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The issue of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has stirred up a great deal of controversy in the field of psychology and in the public media. Recent court trials and television specials suggest that recovered and false memory cases occur often. Clinicians completed a survey designed to determine the prevalence of recovered memory for CSA in their clinical practices and to assess whether the recovered memory controversy had affected their treatment of female CSA victims. Despite the publicity the debate over memories of CSA has attracted, few cases of so-called recovered memory were reported. Even fewer cases of so-called false memory were reported.
Publication Title
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Publication Date
1998
Volume
29
Issue
3
First Page
257
Last Page
261
ISSN
0735-7028
DOI
10.1037/0735-7028.29.3.257
Keywords
child sexual abuse & psychology, recovered memory, American Psychological Association
Repository Citation
Palm, Kathleen M. and Gibson, Pamela, "Recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse: Clinicians' practices and beliefs" (1998). Psychology. 607.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/607