Memory, trauma treatment, and the law:

The authors critically review memory research, trauma treatment, and legal cases pertaining to the false memory controversy. They discuss current memory science and research with both children and adults, pointing out where findings are and are not generalizable to trauma memories recovered in psych...

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Main Authors: Brown, Daniel P. 1948- (Author), Scheflin, Alan W. (Author), Hammond, D. C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London W. W. Norton & Company [1998]
Edition:First edition
Series:A Norton professional book
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Summary:The authors critically review memory research, trauma treatment, and legal cases pertaining to the false memory controversy. They discuss current memory science and research with both children and adults, pointing out where findings are and are not generalizable to trauma memories recovered in psychotherapy. This is an essential reference on memory for all clinicians, researchers, attorneys, and judges
Abstract:This book is designed to be a one-stop text for clinicians and experimentalists who wish to understand the workings of memory in and out of the therapeutic arena. In addition, it will guide attorneys and judges in litigating and resolving hundreds of cases now in the courts concerning memory and the use of hypnosis to recover memory
Physical Description:xii, 786 Seiten
ISBN:0393702545