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• 1.   Fact or fantasy? A review of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse

  This article discusses a review of recovered memories from childhood sexual abuse

  

  Abstract:

  More than a century ago Freud provoked a bitter controversy concerning alleged recollections of childhood sexual abuse: Were they fact or fiction? This debate is still ongoing, with some professionals stubbornly holding on to deeply entrenched and polarized positions. On the one side there are those who continue to deny the veracity of all 'recovered memories', and thus also of the more...

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  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 18 Page: 99-105 2001
  Michael M. Del Monte

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• 2.   Retrieved memories of childhood sexual abuse

  This article discusses the politico-legal background and the Freudian origins of the debate surrounding the retrieval of childhood sexual abuse memories

  

  Abstract:

  About a century ago Freud sparked off a bitter controversy concerning alleged recollections of childhood sexual abuse: Were they fact or fiction? Recently this debate has been revived with intensity, with some professionals taking up entrenched and polarized positions. On the one side there are those who continue to deny the veracity of all "recovered memories", and thus also more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Medical Psychology, Vol: 73 Page: 1-13 2000
  Michael M. DelMonte

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