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"False Memory Syndrome" Facts - http://fmsf.com/index.shtml
Recovered-memories therapist Linda Chapman presents resources about false memory syndrome, dissociation, delayed recall, repression, and recovered memories of child abuse and other traumatic events.

Abelard - The Myth of Repressed Memory - http://www.abelard.org/briefings/repressed_memory.htm
An article which examines the proposal that humans are highly suggestible and memory is very unreliable. Site offers contact information and links to related topics.

Beware Of False Memories: Revised - http://www.rickross.com/reference/false_memories/fsm24.html
Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, PhD, describes his experiences with his patients during age regression, and cautiously instructs therapists against leading questions.

Boards2Go: Recovered Memory Messageboards - http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=jehu
An open discussion board predominantly anti-recovered memories therapy.

Bringing Justice to Wenatchee - http://robtshepherd.tripod.com/wenatchee.html
Journalist Paul Craig Roberts lays the blame for the Wenatchee Witch Hunt squarely at the feet of "hysterical liberals."

Courage to Sue: A Parody of Psychotherapy - http://members.tripod.com/~josiah2/courage.html
A sardonic statement applying the principles found in Courage To Heal to the therapist rather than the patient.

Discrediting the False Memory Syndrome Foundation - http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.shtml
Directory of web resources regarding recovered memory.

HealthCentral.com Cool Tools - http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltools/ct_mentalhealth/ct_mentalhealth.cfm
Self-experiment showing the ease with which the mind can be fooled about "remembering" something.

Male Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse - http://www.menweb.org/sexabupg.htm
First-person account of recovered memories from Scott Barak Abraham.

Memory and Reality - http://www.fmsfonline.org/
The official website of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. Memory studies, retractor stories, legal information, newsletters, information on hypnosis, and a scientific focus are presented.

Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practices - http://www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp/
OARMHP is a state chapter of FMSF.

Pseudoscience, Cross-examination, and Scientific Evidence in the Recovered Memory Controversy - http://www.kspope.com/memory/repweb2a.php
A white paper from the American Psychological Association journal "Psychology, Public Policy, and Law", examining the concept of recovered memories from a research perspective.

Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse - http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html
Information from APA's Public Affairs Office to help you understand how repressed, recovered, or suggested memories of childhood abuse may occur and what you can do if you or a family member is concerned about a childhood memory.

Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse - http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/
Presents scientific research and scholarly resources addressing amnesia and delayed recall for memories of childhood sexual abuse.

Recovered Memory Therapy - http://www.religioustolerance.org/rmt.htm
Description of repressed memories and recovered memory therapy from the point of view that it represents a therapy hoax.

Science Daily | "I Tawt I Taw" A Bunny Wabbit At Disneyland: New Evidence Shows False Memories Can Be Created - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010612065657.htm
Article describing an experiment where about one-third of the people who were exposed to a fake print advertisement that described a visit to Disneyland and how they met and shook hands with Bugs Bunny later said they remembered or knew the event happened to them.

The Memory Debate Archives - http://www.tmdarchives.org/
Over 3000 topical cites and 500 links on both sides of the repressed and recovered memories issue.

The Recovered Memory Project - http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/index.html
An Internet-based research project which is gathering corroborated cases of recovered memories.

Trauma & Cognitive Science Meeting - http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/traumaconf.html
Tapes available of scientific meeting covering the way in which trauma interacts with information processing. A particular focus will be on how traumatic information is encoded, stored, and later retrieved from memory.

Treating Patients With Memories of Abuse : Legal Risk Management - http://www.apa.org/books/4317960.html
Written by Samuel J. Knapp and Leon VandeCreek, this book covers the treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse--particularly patients who recover memories while in treatment. Order page.

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