DISSOCIATED OR FABRICATED - PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF REPRESSED MEMORY IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES

被引:20
作者
SPIEGEL, D [1 ]
SCHEFLIN, AW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SANTA CLARA,SCH LAW,SANTA CLARA,CA 95053
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10.1080/00207149408409368
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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During the last decade, clinicians, courts, and researchers have been faced with exceedingly difficult questions involving the crossroads where memory, traumatic memory, dissociation, repression, childhood sexual abuse, and suggestion all meet. In one criminal case, repressed memories served as the basis for a conviction of murder. In approximately 50 civil cases, courts have ruled on the issue of whether repressed memory for childhood sexual abuse may form the basis of a suit against the alleged perpetrators. Rulings that have upheld such use underscore the importance of the reliability of memory retrieval techniques. Hypnosis and other methodologies employed in psychotherapy may be beneficial in working through memories of trauma, but they may also distort memories or alter a subject's evaluation of their veracity. Because of the reconstructive nature of memory, caution must be taken to treat each case on its own merits and avoid global statements essentially proclaiming either that repressed memory is always right or that it is always wrong.
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页码:411 / 432
页数:22
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