Total recall versus tricks of the mind. (some psychotherapists accused of forcing patients to 'remember' childhood sexual abuse experiences) (Cover Story)

From: Insight on the News | Date: May 24, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Summary: Families are being form apart as adult children suddenly appear to recall childhood sexual abuse. Yet there is an eerie similarity among cases. Nearly all the accusers are white, college-educated women in their 30s and 40s, and in virtually every case the memory of alleged sexual abuse occurs only after psychotherapy. Are the shrinks to blame?

As homemaker Lynn Gondolf steps to the speaker's podium in the drab basement meeting room of a suburban Philadelphia convention center, the audience of 600 breaks into a round of applause. If most of the listeners have never ...

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