Recovered memories : seeking the middle ground / edited by Graham M. Davies and Tim Dalgleish.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Graham, 1943-

Dalgleish, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recovered memory.

False memory syndrome.

Adult child abuse victims--Psychology.

Adult child abuse victims.

Child sexual abuse--Investigation.

Child sexual abuse.

Physical Description:

xvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, [2001]

Summary:

When a person recovers a memory of an event from their past for which they claim little or no previous awareness, how reliable is that memory? In this refreshing new approach to the problem, Graham M. Davies and Tim Dalgleish have assembled leading figures from both sides of the debate to provide a balanced overview of the evidence from theoretical and clinical psychologists. Recovered Memories: Seeking the Middle Ground, unlike most other writing on the topic, eschews extreme positions. It provides clinicians with findings from the latest research to enhance their understanding of memory and presents pure researchers with a range of experiences encountered in clinical practice for which they presently have few explanations. Organised around three themes, social, evidential and clinical aspects are covered. Topics include the impact on family and community members, the latest findings on implanted memories and discussion of clinical guidelines for therapeutic practice. This important new collection should not be missed by anyone with an interest in memory, whether engaged in a clinical, legal, child protection, family welfare or experimental research capacity. It is the most authoritative and comprehensive review of the evidence on both sides available to date.

Contents:

Part I The social aspects

1 Socio-historical perspective / Tim Dalgleish, Nicola Morant 3

2 Recovered memories: effects upon the family and community / Gisli H. Gudjonsson 23

3 Recovered memories of abuse: effects on the individual / Adrian E.G. Skinner 35

4 Recovered memories: the legal dilemmas / Eilis Magner, Patrick Parkinson 51

Part II Evidential aspects

5 The recovered memories controversy: where do we go from here? / D. Stephen Lindsay, J. Don Read 71

6 Discovering fact and fiction: case-based analyses of authentic and fabricated discovered memories of abuse / Katharine K. Shobe, Jonathan W. Schooler 95

7 Is it possible to discriminate true from false memories? / Graham M. Davies 153

Part III Clinical aspects

8 Therapeutic techniques, therapeutic contexts and memory / D.A. Bekerian, M.H. O'Neill 177

9 Recovered memories in therapy: clinicians' beliefs and practices / Bernice Andrews 189

10 Establishing practice-based guidelines for therapists / Noelle Robertson 205

11 Psychogenic amnesias: functional memory loss / Michael Kopelman, John Morton 219

12 Memories of abuse and alien abduction: close encounters of a therapeutic kind / M. J. Power 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0471491314

0471491322

OCLC:

46685278

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