Subject-specific bibliographies on MPD/DID and satanic ritual abuse are also available.
MAGAZINE / NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
CHILD TESTIMONY / DAY CARE
CULTS
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS (MPD)
DRUGS
EATING DISORDERS
FMS / REPRESSION
FORENSIC
HYPNOSIS
MEMORY
PTSD
RETRACTORS / RECONCILIATION
REPORTS
THERAPY ISSUES
LEGAL
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MAGAZINE / NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
103_ Bauerlein, M. $4.00
"The Mirror Cracked".
City Pages, 1995, August
Relates the story of a retractor who sued her psychiatrist,
Dr. Diane Humenansky, and was awarded $2.6 million. Over 100
"alter" personalities and memories of satanic cults were
produced.
110_ Gangelhoff, B. $2.50
"Devilish Diagnosis".
Houston Press, 1995, July 6
Describes how patients of psychologist Judith Peterson
came to believe they had multiple personalities and
belonged to satanic cults.
112_ Hipp, D. $2.00
"Repressed Memory can be a Concept in Deception".
Pitch Weekly, 1995, August
An overview of false memory syndrome and the recovery movement,
including interviews with a retractor, survivor and accused
parents.
115_ Keenan, M. $2.50
"The Devil and Dr. Braun".
New City, 1995, June 22
This article reports on the seven malpractice lawsuits against
psychiatrist Bennett Braun, involving recovered memories of
abuse, MPD and SRA.
120_ More, L.K. $5.00
"War of Remembrance".
Democrat and Chronicle, 1995, June 11- 15
A 5-part series on memories of abuse, including effect on
families and interviews with therapists and psychiatrists.
122_ Pendergrast, M. $1.00
"Remembering the Past: A new chapter in the old story
of women and oppression". OMNI.1995
Discusses the implications of recovered memory therapy for
feminism.
140_ Rabinowitz, D. $1.00
"A Darkness in Massachusetts II".
Wall Street Journal, 1995, March 14
Addresses unanswered questions in the Amiraults'
child-molestation case.
142_ Rabinowitz, D. $3.00
"Wenatchee: A True Story-I,II & III; Verdict in Wenatchee".
Wall Street Journal, 1995
Four detailing the increasing number of Wenatchee citizens
recently arrested on bizarre charges of child sexual abuse,
in particular the arrest and verdict in the Roberson case.
150_ Weidlich, T. $1.00
"'False' Memory, Big Award".
National Law J, 1995
Reports on cases in PA, CA and TX in which juries penalized
therapists for evoking 'repressed' memories of abuse.
165_ Haller, K. $3.00
"Satan's Theater".
Connecticut, 1996
Details the lawsuit by a young woman against members of her
family for sexually abusing her when she was a child, including
bizarre accusations of satanic ritual abuse.
166_ Milstone, C. $2.00
"Sybil Minds"
Saturday Night, 1997
Discusses stages of MPD therapy (identifying MPD and naming
alters), and how many experts say it's a sham that ruins
people's lives, even though thousands of new cases are
reported annually.
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CHILD TESTIMONY / DAY CARE
203_ Ceci, S.J. & Bruck, M. $6.00
"Suggestibility of the Child Witness: A Historical Review and
Synthesis". Psychological Bulletin, 1993
A review of literature indicates that children can be led to
make false or inaccurate reports about very crucial, personally
experienced central events.
214_ Miller, J. $12.00
"State v. Kelly: Litigation of allegations of child sexual abuse"
6th Ann. NC Criminal Evid. Sem. 1993
Addresses such topics as children as witnesses, leading
questions, suggestion, privilege, expert testimony and medical
examinations.
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CULTS
228_ Singer, M.T. $3.00
"Coming Out of the Cults".
Cults & Consequences, 1979
Discusses cult-related emotional problems with which ex-members
must cope during their reentry into society.
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DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS (MPD)
256_ Dinwiddie, S.H. $3.00
"Multiple Personality Disorder: Scientific and Medicolegal
Issues". Bull Am Acad Psy & Law, 1993
Discusses problems with MPD as a validated construct and
whether a diagnosis truly means the existence of one or more
personalities.
259_ Frankel, F.H. $2.50
"Adult Reconstruction of Childhood...Multiple Personality
Literature". Am J of Psychiatry, 1993
A review of the literature on MPD, summary of studies of memory
with and without hypnosis, and discussion of validating
patients' memories without corroboration.
260_ Freeland,A. et al $2.00
"4 Cases of Supposed MPD:...Unjustified Diagnoses".
Can J of Psychiatry, 1993, May
Presents 4 cases that illustrate concerns that some
cases of MPD may be the result of misdiagnosis.
261_ Gardner, R.A. $2.00
"You're not a Paranoid Schizophrenic -- You only have MPD".
Academy Forum, 1994
Focuses on paranoid schizophrenic women who, with their
therapists, find that the sexual abuse explanation for their
problems is an attractive one.
265_ Kluft, R.P. $1.00
"MPD: A Contemporary Perspective".
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1993
Response in a debate with Dr. McHugh (Article #268) on MPD.
268_ McHugh, P. $1.00
"Multiple Personality Disorder".
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1993, September
First part of a debate with Dr. Kluft (article #265) on MPD.
269_ McHugh, P.R. $2.00
"Witches, Multiple personalities, and other psychiatric
artifacts". Nature Medicine, 1995
Contemporary psychiatric misdirections derived primarily from
standard medical errors of oversimplification, misplaced
emphasis and invention are reviewed.
270_ Merskey, H. $1.00
"Editorial: Multiple Personality Disorder and False Memory
Syndrome". British J of Psychiatry, 1995
Editorial addressing the increase in the number of MPD
cases and number of personalities uncovered, recovered memory
therapy, and False Memory Syndrome Foundation data.
271_ Merskey, H. $4.00
"The Manufacture of Personalities: The Production of MPD".
British J of Psychiatry, 1992
Examination of MPD cases from earlier literature, and how this
diagnosis can be created.
272_ Piper, Jr., A. $2.50
"Treatment for MPD: At What Cost?"
Am J Psychotherapy, 1994
Examines the costs of treating MPD and concludes that
psychotherapy for MPD is not a cost-effective mental health
intervention.
273_ Piper, Jr., A. $3.00
"Multiple Personality Disorder: Witchcraft Survives in the 20th
Century". Skeptical Inquirer, 1998
Describes serious deficiencies in claims of MPD, and how the
MPD epidemic is an industry involving big sums of money,
specialty hospitals and numerous self-described experts.
274_ Pope, H.G. et al. $1.50
"Attitudes Toward DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders Diagnosis among
Board-Certified American Psychiatrists". Am. J. Psychiatry 156:2,
Feb. 1999, 321-323
Survey finds that among board-certified American
Psychiatrists, there currently appears to be little consensus
regarding the diagnostic status or scientific validity of
dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.
275_ Sarbin, T.R. $4.00
"Belief that One Body. . .2 or More Personalities".
Int. J Clinical & Exp. Hypnosis, 1995, April
Analyzes dissociation and repression, and the readiness to
transfigure imagining into rememberings of child abuse, leading
to the manufacture of persons.
276_ Seltzer, A. $2.00
"Multiple Personality: A Psychiatric Misadventure".
Canadian J of Psychiatry, 1994
Describes 5 cases diagnosed MPD in which iatrogenic influences
are clearly evident, and gives insight into the roles the
patients' attachment and dependency on their former therapist
played in the diagnoses.
277_ Slovenko, R. $4.00
"The Multiple Personality and the Criminal Law".
Medicine and Law, 1993
Discusses issues including competency to stand trial, MPD as a
mental disease or defect, and the effect of MPD on cognition or
control.
280_ Borch-Jacobsen, M. $2.00
"Sybil-The Making of a Disease: . . .".
New York Review of Books, 1997, April
An interview with Dr. Herbert Spiegel in which he discusses his
memories of Sybil, whom he knew well at the time of her
treatment with Cornelia Wilbur, the subtleties of high
hypnotizability and the histrionic personality. Dr. Spiegel
states that the MPD phenomenon of Sybil is an artifact that was
created in therapy.
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DRUGS
315_ Piper, Jr, A. $3.00
"Truth serum" and "recovered memories" of sexual abuse: . . . ".
J Psychiatry & Law, 1993, Winter
This article concludes from a review of medical literature that
the Amytal interview has no legitimate use in recovered-memory
cases.
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EATING DISORDERS
330_ Pope, H.G. & Hudson, J.I. $3.00
"Is Childhood Sexual Abuse a Risk Factor for Bulimia Nervosa?"
Am J of Psychiatry, 1992
Reports that current evidence does not support the hypothesis
that childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for bulimia
nervosa.
333_ Pope,H. et al $2.50
"Child Sexual Abuse and Bulimia Nervosa: A Comparison. . . ".
Am J of Psychiatry, 1994
Study of bulimic subjects adds to the weight of evidence
suggesting that childhood sexual abuse is not a risk factor for
bulimia nervosa.
345_ Editor $1.00
"Childhood Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders".
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1995, April
Cites 3 studies examining the relationship between child sexual
abuse and eating disorders, showing no greater reports of sexual
abuse in those with eating disorders.
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FMS / REPRESSION
352_ Boakes, J. $1.00
False Memory Syndrome.
The Lancet, 1995, October
Discusses how the "recovery" of vivid memories of events that
never happened threatens to undermine the credibility of
psychotherapy, and calls for mental health professionals to take
a lead in correcting this.
353_ Brenneis, C.B. $4.00
"Belief & Suggestion in the Recovery of Memories of CSA".
J of American Psychoanalytic Asso, 1994
Offers 2 contrasting paradigms, suggestion & belief, accounting
for the processes by which fully repressed memories are
recovered, and discusses the clinical implications of each.
354_ Brenneis, C.B. $4.50
". . . Psychoanalytic Retrieval of Memories of Trauma".
J of Amer. Psychoanalytic Asso, 1996
Examines the assumptions embedded in the retrieval of
previously inaccessible memory of trauma, and offers
provisional guidelines for estimating the validity of
retrieved memories of trauma.
355_ Crews, F. $6.00
"The Revenge of the Repressed", Parts I & II.
NY Review of Books, 1994, Nov., Dec.
Discusses books by Terr, Loftus, Wright, Bass & Davis, Ofshe
and Pendergrast, and the recovery movement.
360_ Dawes, R.M. $4.00
"Prediction of the future vs. an understanding of the past: A
basic asymmetry". Am J of Psychology, 1993
Demonstrates that the degree of statistical contingency between
a single consequence and a single antecedent is greater when
conditioning on the consequence.
361_ Dawes, R.M. $2.00
"Why Believe That for Which There is No Good Evidence?"
Issues in Child Abuse Accus, 1992, Fall
Discusses the lack of evidence for a belief in the existence of
widespread "repression", and the failure to understand the
fallibility of memory.
364_ Frankel, F. $2.00
"Discovering New Memories in psychotherapy. . .?".
New England J of Medicine, 1995
Discusses the malleability of memory, theories of repression
and dissociation, published reports purporting to demonstrate
the effects of these theories, and the damage that false
accusations can do to people.
365_ Freyd, P. $2.00
"False Memory Syndrome Phenomenon: Weighing the Evidence".
Court Review, 1995, Spring
Addresses False Memory Syndrome, "repressed" memories, and legal
implications.
371_ Gardner, R.A. $5.00
"Belated Realization of Child Sex Abuse by an Adult".
Issues in Child Abuse Accus, 1992
Characteristics of accusing adults and their supporting
therapists are discussed, along with the features that are found
in false allegations.
373_ Gardner, R.A. $1.00
"Sex Abuse Hysteria: Diagnosis, Etiology, Pathogenesis, and
Treatment". Acad. Forum, 1993, Fall
Explores false accusations of childhood sexual abuse by minor
children and adult women.
380_ Gardner,M. $1.00
"Notes of a Fringe Watcher, the False Memory Syndrome".
Skeptical Inquirer, 1993, Summer
Describes a typical scenario of how a false memory can be
produced, and how the FMSF was formed.
382_ Good, M.I. $5.00
"Reconstruction. . . childhood trauma: fantasy, reality,
verification". J Am Psychoanalytic Ass'n, 1994
Describes a case in which the patient indicates a false memory
of childhood trauma, and highlights issues in the areas of
trauma and memory.
383_ Good, M.I. $6.00
"Suggestion and Veridicality in the Reconstruction of Sexual
Trauma: . . ." J of Amer. Psychoanalytic Asso, 1996
Provides an overview of suggestion in psychoanalytic
reconstruction, discusses a case in which suggestion played a
role when child abuse was suspected, proposes clinical
neutrality, and urges greater clinical use of corroboration.
384_ Hedges, L.E. $5.00
"Taking Recovered Memories Seriously".
Issues in Child Abuse Accus, 1994
Examines the video camera theory of memory, and gives
implications for social and legal issues.
386_ Herman, J.L. & Harvey, $1.00
"The False Memory Debate: Social Science or Social Backlash?"
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1993, April
Response to E. Loftus (Article # 401) in a debate on delayed
memories of childhood sexual abuse.
389_ Holmes, D.S. $1.00
"Is There Evidence for Repression? Doubtful".
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1994, June
First part of a debate on repression with M. Horozuitz (Article
#392), in which Holmes concludes that despite a 70-year search,
there has been no objective evidence found to support
repression.
392_ Horowitz, M. $1.00
"Does Repression Exist? Yes".
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 1994, July
Reply to D. Holmes (Article # 389) in a debate 0n the evidence
for the existence for repression, in which she states that
there is such evidence.
395_ Kihlstrom, J. $2.00
"The Trauma-Memory Argument".
Consciousness and Cognition.1995
Concludes that available scientific evidence is too weak to
support global assertions about trauma and memory, amnesia and
recovery, and the like; discusses 3 studies on amnesia for
childhood trauma.
396_ Levitt, E. & Pinnell, C.M. $4.50
". . . Childhood Sexual Abuse-Psychopathology Axis".
Int. J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1995, April
Examines facets of the relationship between childhood sexual
abuse and adult psychopathology.
397_ Lindsay, D.S. & Read, J.D. $4.50
"'Memory Work' and Recovered Memories. . ".
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.1995
A review and critical evaluation of scientific evidence
regarding "recovered memories" of childhood sexual abuse.
Offers recommendations for training of therapists,
guidelines,legislative actions.
400_ Loftus, E.F. $4.50
"The Reality of Repressed Memories".
Am Psychologist.1993, May
Discusses if it is common for memories to be repressed, jurors'
and judges ' reactions to repression, and the authenticity of
such memories.
401_ Loftus, E.F. $1.00
"Repressed Memories of Childhood Trauma: . . ."
Harvard Mental Health Letter.1993, February
First part of a debate with J. Herman and M. Harvey (Article
#386) on delayed memories of childhood sexual abuse.
402_ Loftus, E.F. $2.00
"Therapeutic Recollection of Childhood Abuse, . .may not be a
memory?" Champion.1994, March
Discusses memories that may be a product of therapy and legal
implications for therapists participating in recovered memory
therapy.
403_ Loftus, E.F. $3.00
"Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Remembering and Repressing".
Psychology of Women Quar.1994
Describes the results of a study in which women are interviewed
to examine their recollections of childhood sexual abuse.
404_ Loftus, E.F. $3.00
"Remembering Dangerously".
Skeptical Inquirer.1995
Discusses people being accused and even imprisoned on
'evidence'provided by memories that didn't exist before
therapy.
405_ Loftus, E. & Rosenwald, L. $1.00
"Buried Memories Shattered Lives".
ABA Journal.1993, November
Discusses recent lawsuits involving recovered memories,
including malpractice and negligent actions against therapists.
420_ Ofshe, R. & Watters, E. $4.50
"Making Monsters".
Society.1993, March/April
Describes how recovered memory therapists lead their clients to
see their parents as monsters who sexually abused them as
children.
430_ Pope, H.G. $3.00
"'Recovered Memories': Recent Events and Review of Evidence".
Currents in Affective Illness.1994
An interview with Harrison Pope, M.D., on the Ramona trial and
on recent studies which purport to show evidence for
repression.
432_ Pope, H.G. & Hudson, J.I. $2.50
"Can Individuals 'Repress' Memories of Childhood
Sexual Abuse?. . .". Psychiatric Annals.1995
Cites criteria for demonstrating repression, and reviews the
four studies that attempt to test whether repression occurs.
Includes a table of the four studies.
440_ Slovenko, R $1.00
"False Memories/Broken Families".
AAPL Newsletter.1993, September
Overview of false memories of childhood sexual abuse,
implanting memories and lawsuits.
450_ "False Memory Syndrome" $12.50
16 min., price includes shipping.
FMS Foundation.1995
This video presents an overview of False Memory Syndrome
exploring key issues through interviews with world-renowned
researchers and clinicians. It also contains stories of
families and retractors.
453_ Wakefield & Underwager $5.00
"Magic, Mischief, and Memories: Remembering Repressed Abuse" .
Workshop Presentation.1992
Overview of recovered memory therapy, nature of memory,
repression, traumatic amnesia, infantile amnesia hypnosis, MPD
and SRA.
458_ Yapko, M.D. $1.00
"Repressed Memories".
Britannica Book of the Year.1995
A special report which discusses the controversy over recovered
memory therapy, mentions the Ramona, Bernardin, Ingram and
Franklin cases, and urges caution when no corroboration is
present.
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FORENSIC
503_ Campbell, T.W. $2.00
"Challenging Psychologists and Psychiatrists as Expert Witnesses".
Michigan Bar Journal.1994
How psychologists and psychiatrists often impose erroneous
thinking on judges and juries, and how well-prepared
cross-examinations can counter this.
506_ Craig, W.B. $4.00
"Repressed Memory of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Witness
Preparation-Defense". 1993
Describes initial, 2nd, 3rd and 4th conferences with witnesses,
and handling opponents' experts.
511_ MacNamara, M. $3.00
"Fade Away, the rise and fall of the repressed-memory theory in
the courtroom". California Lawyer.1995
Comments on the status of recovered memory therapy in the
therapy community and in the court of law.
513_ Margolin, E. $3.00
"A Lawyer's View of Invented Memory: Ramona Case".
The Champion.1996
Discusses how memory works, how memory can be manipulated, what
"repressed memory" is, and the importance of the 3rd party
Ramona case in causing mental health workers to re-examie their
support for the "repressed memory" hypothesis.
515_ Nelson, E.L. & Kaushall, $3.00
"Deposing a Mental Health Provider . . .".
Issues in Child Abuse Accusations.1996
Discusses areas that should be covered in depositions of mental
health providers in lawsuits involving plaintiffs with
recovered memory claims and/or malpractice claims by
retractors. Lines of questioning are also suggested.
517_ Rogers, M.L. $4.00
". . . Adult Litigants' Complaints of Childhood Sex Abuse".
Behavioral Sciences & Law.1994
Discusses victim factors, memory factors, therapist factors,
external influences and evidential patterns.
518_ Slovenko, R. $6.00
". . . childhood sex abuse. . .statute of limitations justified?"
J Psychiatry & Law.1993, Spring
Examines the effect of recovered memory evidence on tolling the
statute of limitations, & suggests requiring corroborating
evidence of abuse to justify the application of the discovery
rule in such cases.
519_ Slovenko, R. $1.50
"Assessing Competency to Stand Trial".
Psychiatric Annals.1995
Concludes that if a defendant is capable of meeting the
articulated requirements for competence, the presence or
absence of mental illness is irrelevant.
520_ Slovenko, R. $3.00
"The duty of therapists to third parties".
J Psychiatry & Law.1995, Fall
Discusses the duty that therapists owe to persons other than
patients, as well as leading cases in the law of torts
including Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co., Molien v. Kaiser
Foundation Hospital, Tarasoff v. Regents of the Univ. of CA,
and Ramona v. Isabella, Rose & Western Medical Center.
525_ Taub, S. $6.00
"The Legal Treatment of Recovered Memories of Child Sexual Abuse".
J Legal Medicine.1996
Discusses the recovered memory controversy and the treatment of
sexual abuse claims in the courts. It also describes recently
enacted statutes of limitations, Frye & Daubert decisions and
malpractice suits against psychotherapists.
530_ Wakefield & Underwager $4.00
"Recovered Memories. . .Sex Abuse: Lawsuits Against Parents".
Behavioral Sciences & Law.1992
Suggests that claims of repressed memories of childhood sexual
abuse recovered in therapy are unlikely to be supported by
empirical data.
531_ Wakefield & Underwager $4.00
"A Paradigm Shift for Expert Witnesses".
Issues in Child Abuse Accus.1993
How the Daubert ruling is likely to render testimony bases on
such theories as repressed memores inadmissable.
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HYPNOSIS
553_ Bloom, P.B. $2.00
"Clinical Guidelines in Using Hypnosis in Uncovering
Memories. . .". Int J Clin & Exp Hypnosis.1994
Presents 13 guidelines that may help to safely enhance the
psychotherapy of patients/clients seeking help in uncovering
memories of sexual abuse.
556_ Dittburner, T. &Persinger $1.00
". . .Amnesia During Hypnosis . . .Implications for FMS".
Perceptual & Motor Skills.1993
Examines the correlation between strongly emotional and
ambiguous phenomena with the amount of amnesia during hypnosis.
568_ Nash, M. $3.00
"What, if anything, is regressed about hypnotic age regression?"
Psychological Bulletin.1987
Reviews 60 years of empirical studies investigating whether
there is a reinstatement of childhood faculties during hypnotic
age regression.
571_ Ofshe, R. $5.00
"Inadvertent Hypnosis During Interrogation ...".
Int Jrnl Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1992
Describes how false confessions occurred due to dissociative
states, as depicted in the Ingram case.
580_ Perry, C. $3.00
"The False Memory Syndrome and 'Disguised' Hypnosis".
Hypnos.1995
Addresses some of the controversial issues associated with FMS,
in particular the role of other "forms " of hypnosis in
eliciting false memories, such as guided imagery, "relaxation",
dream analysis, regression work and sodium amytal.
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MEMORY
610_ Garry, M. & Loftus, E. $3.50
"Pseudomemories without Hypnosis".
J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994, October
Reviews the misinformation literature on memory suggestibility
for observed events and for autobiographical memory.
612_ Howe, M. et al $4.50
". . . Long-Term Retention of Traumatic Experiences. . . " .
Consciousness and Cognition l994
Focuses on the nature and on set of very early personal
memories for traumatic events. Refers to 25 cases of young
children's retention of early traumatic events
involving emergency room treatment.
616_ Kihlstrom, J.F. $4.00
"Suffering from reminiscences: exhumed memory, implicit memory,
and the return of the repressed". Oxford University Press l997
Chapter in "Recovered Memories and False Memories" (Martin A.
Conway, ed.) which discusses how Freud's ideas on repression
have been revived by proponents of the view that memories of
childhood sexual abuse underlie many forms of adult
psychopathology, and refutes the idea that certain symptoms are
reflections (implicit memories) of childhood abuse.
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PTSD
640_ Stone, A.A. $4.00
"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Law: Critical
Review. . .". Bull Am Acad Psy & Law. 1993
Overview of PTSD and its impact on legal doctrine, legal
thinking and legal reality
645_ $1.00
"PTSD and the Vagaries of Memory"
Harvard Mental Health Letterl997, July
Describes a study of 59 veterans of Operation Desert Storm in
which researchers found that memories of combat-related
traumatic events are highly changeable.
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RETRACTORS / RECONCILIATION
654 _ Lief, H. & Fetkewicz, J $3.00
"Retractors of false memories: The evolution of pseudomemories".
J Psychiatry & Law.1995, Fall
This study, based on the responses of 40 retractors, focuses on
the formation of pseudomemories and the methods used by
subjects to eventually distinguish between true and false
memories.
655_ Nalder, E. $2.00
"False Memories".
The Seattle Times.1995, November
The story of Laura Deck 's treatment, accusations, retraction
and lawsuit against her therapist.
656_ Pasley, L. $2.50
"Misplaced Trust".
Skeptic.1994
A retractor's account of how her therapist created false
memories.
660_ Pendergrast, M. $2.50
"First of All, Do No Harm".
Skeptic.1995
Story of a recovered memory therapist who recanted, and now is
doing everything in her power to stop this form of therapy from
ruining more lives.
670_ Trott, Jon $3.00
"One Woman's Story".
Cornerstone.1995, January
The story of an accusing daughter, her parents, pastor and
therapist, and her eventual retraction.
675_ O'Hagan, M. $2.00
"How She Beat the Devil".
Willamette Week 1996
The story of a retractor who triumphed over her belief in
satanic abuse and pop psychology, and her recently-settled
lawsuit against two psychologists.
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REPORTS
701_ $2.00
"Scientific status...use of hypnosis".
AMA Council Report.1985
The Council finds that recollections obtained during hypnosis
can involve confabulations and pseudomemories, and appear to be
less reliable than nonhypnotic recall.
702_ $2.00
"Memories of childhood abuse".
AMA Council Report.1994
This report states that the AMA regards the use of "memory
enhancement" techniques in eliciting accounts of childhood
sexual abuse "to be fraught with problerns of potential
misapplication".
705_ $1.00
"Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse".
American Psychological Asso.1995, Aug.
Questions & answers to help better understand how repressed,
recovered, or suggested memories may accur and what to do if
you or a family member is concerned about a childhood memory.
706_ $1.50
"Reported recovered memories of child sexual abuse"
Psychiatric Bulletin, 21. 1997, 663-665
Royal College of Psychiatrists' recommendations for good
practice for those involved in working with people reporting
recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
723_ deYoung, M. $4.00
". . .: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Moral Crusade & the Law".
Behavioral Sciences and the Law.1994
Dissects the claims and impact of the moral crusade which has
risen up in response to horrific allegations of satanic ritual
abuse.
726_ Ganaway, G. K. $4.00
"Alternative Hypotheses Regarding Satanic...Memories".
Paper presented 99th APA Conv.l991
Cautions psychotherapists, social service agencies and law
enforcement officials against the validity of uncorroberated
memories of criminal cult activities, especially uncovered
during hypnosis.
729_ Lanning, K. V. $2.00
"Ritual abuse: a law enforcement view or perspective".
Child Abuse & Neglect. l991
Reports on the investigation by law enforcement officials of
ritual abuse, and that there is little or no evidence of its
orgnized large-scale existence.
730_ Lanning, K. V. $5.50
"Investigator's Guide to Allegations of 'Ritual' Child Abuse".
Behavior Science Unit FBI Acad.1992
After 8 years of investigating allegations of ritual abuse,
little or no evidence for organized satanic conspiracies
exists.
734_ Mulhern, S. $3.00
"Satanism, Ritual Abuse, and MPD: . . .".
Int J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994, Oct.
A sociohistorical perspective on how stories of blood rituals,
etc. continue to flourish, although no evidence suggests that
cultified multiples are victims of real organizations.
737_ Passantino et al $2.00
"Hard Facts About Satanic Ritual Abuse".
Christian Research Journal.1992, Winter
A history of satanic ritual abuse reports, and fallacies of the
SRA conspiracy theory.
740_ Persinger, M.A. $3.00
"Neuropsychological Profiles of Adults Who Report
Remembering . . .". Perceptual & Motor Skills.1992
Reports the results of a study of 6 adults who had recently
recovered memories of sexual abuse or alien abduction, and
which supports the hypothesis that enhanced imagery can
facilitate the creation of memories.
743_ Spanos, Burgess & $3.00
"Past-Life Identities, UFO Abductions, & SRA: . . .".
Int. J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994, October
Examines research associated with the above phenomena, finding
that recall is reconstructive and organized in terms of current
expectations.
745_ Victor, Jeffrey S. $3.00
"The Dangers of Moral Panics".
Skeptic.1995
Offers a sketch of major developments over the last 2 years in
the evolution of the satanic cult scare.
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THERAPY ISSUES
751_ Brenneis, C. B. $4.00
"Final Report of APA Working Group...A Critical Commentary"
Psychoanalytic Psychology, 1997.
This commentary evaluates the evidence presented by
clinicians Alpert, Brown and Courtois in the American
Psychological Association report on investigation of
memories of childhood sexual abuse. Argues that some
therapeutically recovered memories may reflect cherished
beliefs of clinicians who recover them.
752_ Brenneis, C. B. $4.00
"Can Early Childhood Trauma Be Reconstructed From Dreams?".
Psychoanalytic Psychology.1994
A critical review of the concept of traumatic dream, the
relation between dream content and trauma, and the use of
dreams to reconstruct trauma.
753_ Campbell, T.W. $3.00
"Therapeutic Relationships and Iatrogenic Outcomes:
Blame-and-Change..." Psychotherapy.1992, Fall
Results of a review of cases which indicate that therapists
make significantly more negative inferences as positive ones
about significant others in their clients' lives.
754_ Campbell, T.W. $4.00
"Creating Repressed Memories: A Case Example".
Issues in Child Abuse Accus.1995, Summer
By examining selected portions of a therapist 's treatment
notes, this article outlines how psychotherapy can create
mistaken memories of childhood sexual abuse.
755_ Frank, R.A. $6.00
"Tainted therapy and mistaken memory: Avoiding malpractice . . .".
Applied & Preventive Psychology.1996
False memory is discussed in relationship to malpractice
liability, standards of care, and attempts to preserve
potential evidence. The author proposes written informed
consent and investigative interviewing procedures for working
with memory cases.
756_ Frankel, F. H. $3.00
"The Concept of Flashbacks in Historical Perspective".
Int J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994
Concludes that the content of a flashback appears to be at least
as likely to be the product of imagination as it is of memory.
766_ McHugh, P.R. $4.50
"Psychiatric Misadventures".
Am Scholar.1992, Fall
Discusses misdirections in psychiatric practice as the
consequence of 3 common mistakes: oversimplification, misplaced
emphasis, or pure invention.
772_ Nash, M.R. $2.50
"Memory Distortion, Sexual Trauma: . . . False Neg., Pos.".
J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994, October
Reviews the empirical evidence for the occurrence of the errors
of false negatives and false positives when patients reflect on
whether of not they were sexually abused as a child
773_ Olfson, M. & Pincus, H. $4.00
"Outpatient Psychotherapy in the U.S., I & II: Volume, costs, ...".
Am J Psychiatry.1994, September
Provides an overview of the volume, composition and costs of
outpatient psychotherapy, and patterns of utilization.
776_ Poole, D. et al $4.50
"Psychotherapy & the Recovery of Memories. . . ".
J Consulting & Clin Psychology.1995, January
Describes their survey of U.S. and British practitioners'
opinions, practices and experiences regarding clients' memories
of childhood sexual abuse.
777_ Powell, R.A. $4.00
"Did Freud Mislead Patients to Confabulate Memories of Abuse?".
Psychological Reports.1994
Relates how some present-day authors argue for the validity of
recovered memories by presenting much the same type of often
highly suggestible procedures that Freud once did
779_ Roediger, H. $3.00
"Creating False Memories: Remembering Words Not Presented in
Lists". J. of Exper. Psychology: 1995
Describes 2 experiments that reveal remarkable levels of false
recall and false recognition in a list learning paradigm.
781_ Slovenko, R $3.00
"Blaming a book".
J of Psychiatry and Law.1994
Discusses lawsuits against Bass & Davis and other lawsuits
against the media, and the constitutional and tort law barriers
they face.
788_ Spence, D.P. $3.50
"Narrative truth and putative child abuse".
Int J Clinical & Exp Hypnosis.1994
Differentiates between actual memories of early experiences and
memories " as metaphors for a wide range of boundary
violations.
791_ Williams, L.M. $3.50
"Recall of childhood trauma: . . . memories of child sex abuse".
J Consult & Clinical Psych.1994
Describes a longitudinal study of 129 sexually-abused women on
incidences of recall of the reported abuse.
796_ Yapko, M. $2.00
"The Seductions of Memory".
Family Therapy Networker.1993, October
Portrays the susceptibility of human beings to adopt false
beliefs at the suggestion of somebody else.
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LEGAL
801_ FMSF Legal Project $ Varies
"Index to the Summary of Legal Resources Working Papers".
FMS Foundation, 1998
This index lists working papers which focus on certain legal
issues related to repressed memory cases. Topics include, but
are not limited to: statute of limitations and equitable
exceptions thereto, expert testimony, hypnotically enhanced
testimony, evidentiary issues, duty to third party and standard
of care issues, syndrome evidence, etc. Each working paper
includes a bibliography and brief summaries of relevant case
law and statutes, if applicable, and is continuously updated.
For information regarding the available Working Papers, please
contact the FMSF Legal Project. Each working paper is available
separately at a cost of $.25 per page.
802_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Alabama Supreme Crt Case 1940524."
FMS Foundation.1995
Brief in Support of Petitioner in McDuffie v Sellers-Bok. Brief
argues that under principles of special relationships and
circumstances, foreseeability, direct victims and public
interest considerations, mental health professionals may owe a
duty to third parties.
803_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Rhode Island Supreme Crt. Certified
Questions". FMS Foundation.1995
Brief addresses questions certified to court concerning accrual
of claims under discovery statute and alleged inability to
recall related to the disability statute. It includes review of
relevant scientific understanding and case law.
805_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Texas Supreme Crt Case 94-0856".
FMS Foundation.1995
Brief in support of Petitioner in Vesecky v. Vesecky. Brief
reviews current scientific understanding of the reliability of
recovered repressed memory" and considers applicability of
discovery exception set forth by petitioner.
806_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - U.S. Dist. Ct., 5th Cir.,
Case No. 94-11120". FMS Foundation.1996
Brief in support of appellee in Knode v. Hartmann. Reviews the
scientific literature regarding "repressed memory', indications
of the scope of the problem from various sources, and recent
decisions concerned with the reliability of the repressed
memory claims.
807_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Pennsylvania Supreme Ct., 055
E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996". FMS Foundation.1996
Brief in support of petitioner in Dalrymple v. Brown, submitted
Nov. 1, 1996. Brief considers the applicability of the
discovery rule and disability tolling exceptions to the statute
of limitations and reviews the current scientific understanding
of repressed memory" and the judicial response to these claims
for sister juristictions.
808_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Illinois Supreme Crt. Case No. 81943".
FMS Foundation.1997
Brief in support of Appellees in M.E.H. v. L.H. Brief argues
that unproven reliability of repressed memory claims is
insufficient basis to apply the "discovery rule." Also reviews
factors leading to the development of false memories, the
repressed memory debate, current scientific findings, and
relevant case law in other jurisdictions.
809_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - New Hampshire Supreme
Crt. No. 95-429". FMS Foundation.1997
Brief in support of Appellees in State v. Hungerford, State
v. Morahan. Brief argues that under either a Frye or Daubert
analysis, the theory of repression clearly fails to meet the
criteria for admitting scientific evidence. Also reviews
factors leading to the development of false memories, the
repressed memory debate, current scientific findings, and
relevant case law in other jurisdictions.
810_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Second Appellate Dist. Ct. of
California, No. VC 01 61 57". FMS Foundation.1997
Brief in the matter Engstrom v. Engstrom argues that under the
Kelly/Frye rule, testimony regarding and derived from repressed
memories does not meet the "general acceptance " standard and
is therefore per se inadmissible. Also reviews factors leading
to the development of false memories, the repressed memory
debate, current findings of the scientific community, and
relevant case law in other jurisdictions.
811_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Tennessee Supreme Ct.
No. 03S01-9607-CV-00070". FMS Foundation.1997
Brief in support of Defendant/Appellee in Hunter v. Brown.
Brief considered the reasonable person standard for application
of the discovery rule in "repressed memory" cases. It also
reviews factors leading to the development of false memories,
the repressed memory debate, current scientific findings, and
relevant case law in other jurisdictions.
812_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - New Hampshire Supreme Crt. No. 97-657"
FMS Foundation 1998
Brief in support of appellee in Hungerford v Jones. Brief
argues that in order to provide a meaningful remedy to injured
3rd parties, access to the courts by such 3rd parties must be
allowed. Brief discusses the theory of repression, repressed
memory therapy and techniques, professional organizations
response, lawsuits against therapists, third-party suits
involving repressed memory, third-party suits involving
misdiagnosis of sexual abuse in minors, legislation, and public
policy.
813_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief- Illinois Supreme Crt. No. 83094"
FMS Foundation, 1998
Brief in support of appellee in Doe v McKay. Brief argues that
in order to provide a meaningful remedy to injured 3rd parties,
access to the courts by such 3rd parties must be allowed. Brief
discusses the theory of repression, repressed memory therapy
and techniques, professional organizations response, lawsuits
against therapists, third-party suits involving repressed
memory, third-party suits involving misdiagnosis of sexual
abuse in minors, legislation and public policy.
814_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Wisconsin Supreme Crt. No. 97-1969"
FMS Foundation, 1998
Brief submitted in the case Sawyer v Midlefort. Argues that a
therapist employing negligent "memory recovery" practices
which lead to allegations of criminal sexual abuse owes a duty
to the accused individual. The false allegation gravely injures
the accused person in a direct and foreseeable way.
Professional organizations have set forth guidelines for
practice in this area which do not place undue burden on
therapists.
815_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Crt. of Appeals. 4th Dist., California,
No. G019891" FMS Foundation. 1998
Brief in support of defendant in Wilson v. Phillips argues that
the theory of repression fails to meet the Kelly-Frye rule of
"general acceptance" in the scientific community and that expert
testimony relying on symptoms analysis or the results of
suggestive techniques such as hypnosis or dream interpretation
are not generally accepted and are therefore inadmissible.
It also reviews relevant case law and the results of evidentiary
hearings in other states.
816_ FMSF Legal Project $30.00
"FMSF Amicus Curiae Brief - Pennsylvania Supreme Crt. Nos. 70
& 71 W.D.," FMS Foundation, 1999
Brief in support of appellees in Althaus v Cohen. Brief argues
that a therapist owes a duty of care to an accused third party
when the therapist's negligent practice leads to false
allegations of a criminal act, and that injury to the accused
third party is foreseeable and direct. It is also argues that
public policy concerns do not include the protection of
reckless therapy procedures, nor would the circumstances
defined in this brief overly expand the circle of liability of
therapists.
819_ FMSF Legal Project $50.00
"Ramona v. Ramona Legal Documents, filings from a third party
suit". FMS Foundation.1995
Includes 2nd Amended Complaint, documents pertaining to duty to
a 3rd party and motion to exclude evidence, court transcript of
testimony of child pediatrician, & the special verdict.
820_ FMSF Legal Project $20.00
"Table of Cases, higher court decisions related to repressed
memory claims". FMS Foundation.1996
Currently lists over 210 civil & criminal suits, summarizing
issues and disposition.
821_ FMSF Legal Project $45.00
"Collection of Nine (9) Amicus Curiae Briefs ".
FMS Foundation.1995
Lindabury v Lindabury (1&2), No. 87-248l, 3rd District Court,
Florida. Tyson v Tyson (1&2), No. 51908-1, Washington Supreme
Court. Doe v LaBrosse, No. 90-97, Rhode Island Supreme Court.
State of New Jersey v J. Q., No. 34, 501, NJ Supreme Court.
State of New Jersey v Michaels, No. 36, 633, NJ Supreme Court.
Perkins v State of TX, 08-93-00305 (&6)-CR, 174th Dist. Ct.,
Tx. Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical, Inc., 113
S.Ct. 2786.
825_ FMSF Legal Project $12.00
"Resources for Families accused by Minor Children".
FMS Foundation.1995
Outline & summary of current research related to children's
suggestibility and interviewing techniques, guidelines for
clinical evaluation of children, anatomically detailed dolls, &
professional reports on litigation problems in accusations of
child abuse; cites of books, videos & organizations, and a
listing of landmark decisions.
826_ Hopkins, C. $3.00
"Testimony of Carol Hopkins, re 1974 CAPTA".
Senate Subcommittee on Children/Families 1995, May
827_ FMSF Legal Project $.25/page
"Transcripts of Expert Testimony at Admissibility Hearing in State
of New Hampshire v. Hungerford". FMS Foundation.1995
Hillsborough Superior Ct., Northern District, New Hampshire,
March 27-April 7, 1995. Day 1 (Dr. Daniel Brown, 282 pages);
Day 2 (Dr. Brown, 136 pages; Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, 126
pages); Day 3 (Dr. van der Kolk, 56 pages; Dr. Jon Conte, 200
pages); Day 4 (Dr. Conte, 176 pages); Day 6 (Dr. Elizabeth
Loftus, 322 pages); Day 7 (Dr. Paul McHugh, 216 pages; Dr.
Conte, 12 pages); Day 9 (Dr. James Hudson, 204 pages); Day 10
(Dr. Hudson, 160 pages).
830_ FMSF Legal Project $10.00
"Brief Bank Index - Listings of over 200 repressed memory and
malpractice cases." FMS Foundation.1996
Pleadings include motions, deposition testimony,
interrogatories, and unpublished decisions. Motions include
complaints under "discovery rule", filed by former clients and
3rd parties, summary judgment, restricting expert testimony,
settlement agreements, etc.
831_ FMSF Legal Project $2.50
"Brief Bank Index - Third Party Suits".
FMS Foundation.1999
Includes complaints and sample interrogatories as well as
filings and opinions from over 20 suits regarding duty to a
third party.
832_ FMSF Legal Project $3.00
"Brief Bank Index-quality of evidence, reliability of repressed
memory claims". FMS Foundation.1999
Pleadings from 25 repressed memory cases regarding the
reliability of the phenomenon of memory repression and the
question of admissibility of testimony based on repressed
memories.
833_ FMSF Legal Project $2.00
"Index: Suits Against Therapists".
FMS Foundation.1999
Summarizes over 40 malpractice suits against mental health care
workers brought by formerpatients or third parties which have
been reported in the media.
834_ FMSF Legal Project $5.00
"Summary: Malpractice Suits"
FMS Foundation, 1999
Summarizes over 70 malpractice suits against mental health
care workers brought by former patients or third parties that
have been reported in the media.
835_ FMSF Legal Project $1.00
"Summary of Publications currently available from FMSF Legal
Research Project". FMS Foundation.1995
836_ State v. Hungerford/Mor $3.50
"Decision: New Hampshire Superior Court,
Hillsborough County".1995, May 23
After a Frye/Daubert evidentiary hearing and a thorough factual
review, Judge Groff concluded that repressed memory testimony
is not sufficiently reliable to be admitted as evidence.
Additional filings are available as Brief Bank # 10.
837_ Lemmerman v Fealk $4.50
"Decision: Michigan Supreme Court".1995, July
MI Supreme Court held that neither the discovery rule nor
statutory grace period for persons suffering from insanity
extends limitations period for tort actions allegedly delayed
because of repression of memory of assaults underlying tort
actions. Additional filings are available as Brief Bank #39.
838_ Hunter v. Brown $2.00
"Decision: Tennessee Court of Appeals".
FMS Foundation.1996, Feb. 13
Court of Appeals of Tennessee, following Lemmerman, declines to
apply the discovery rule to toll the statute of limitations in
repressed memory" cases. Additional filings are available as
Brief Bank #98.
839_ Dalrymple v. Brown $2.00
"Decision: Superior Court of Pennsylvania".
FMS Foundation.1996, Feb. 21
Superior Court of Pennsylvania concludes that the "discovery
rule" does not operate to toll the statute of limitations when
plaintiff claims psychological repression of alleged sexual
abuse.
840_ S.V.v. R.V. $5.00
"Decision: Texas Supreme Court".
FMS Foundation.1996, Mar. 14
TX Supreme Court held that in order to apply the discovery rule
to any set of facts, including repressed memory claims, the
event and the injury must be "objectively verifiable". Expert
opinion testimony alone does not satisfy this standard.
Additional filings are available as Brief Bank #96.
841_ Doe v. Maskell $2.00
"Decision: Maryland Court of Appeals".
FMS Foundation.1996, July 29
Maryland Court of Appeals held, based on testimony at an
evidentiary hearing before lower court, that science is unable
to distinguish reliably between a memory which was forgotten
and one which was "repressed," and therefore the discovery rule
does not apply to repressed memory claims.
842_ Engstrom v. Engstrom $2.00
"Decision: California Court of Appeals".
FMS Foundation.1997, June 18
California Court of Appeals affirmed that repressed memory
testimony must meet evidentiary standards in order to be
admissible, that there was compelling evidence that the
Kelly-Frye standard was not met, that plaintiffs testimony was
properly excluded and that the ruling of non-suit was justified
because plaintiff's testimony was based solely on memories
generated during the course of guided imagery therapy.
843_ State of NH v. Hungerford $4.00
"Decision: New Hampshire Supreme Court".
FMS Foundation.1997, July
New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed Judge Groff's ruling that
testimony based on recovered memories is not admissible. The
party offering repressed memory testimony from either an expert
or complainant has the burden to prove that it is sufficiently
reliable according to a number of strict factors based on
Daubert and whether any direct corroboration exists.
Additional inquiry into the circumstances of memory recovery
(especially any therapy process) may also be called for.
844_ Hungerford v Jones $3.00
"Decision: New Hampshire Supreme Court"
FMS Foundation, 1998, Dec 18
NH Supreme Court held that a therapist does owe a duty to
the accused person when diagnosing and treating an adult
patient for sexual abuse, noting that serious, foreseeable
injury can result from misdiagnosis.