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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143558603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester ; ; New York, : John Wiley, c2001
• ISBN: 0-470-01348-6; 9786610101238; 1-280-10123-7; 0-470-85135-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DaviesGraham <1943->; DalgleishTim
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetti: Recovered memory; False memory syndrome; Adult child abuse victims - Psychology; Child sexual abuse - Investigation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: RECOVERED MEMORIES: SEEKING THE MIDDLE GROUND; CONTENTS; About the editors; About the contributors; Introduction; Part I The social aspects; 1 Socio-historical perspective; 2 Recovered memories: effects upon the family and community; 3 Recovered memories of abuse: effects on the individual; 4 Recovered memories: the legal dilemmas; Part II Evidential aspects; 5 The recovered memories controversy: where do we go from here?; 6 Discovering fact and fiction: case-based analyses of authentic and fabricated discovered memories of abuse; 7 Is it possible to discriminate true from false memories?; Part III Clinical aspects8 Therapeutic techniques, therapeutic contexts and memory; 9 Recovered memories in therapy: clinicians' beliefs and practices; 10 Establishing practice-based guidelines for therapists; 11 Psychogenic amnesias: functional memory loss; Part IV Concluding comments; 12 Memories of abuse and alien abduction: close encounters of a therapeutic kind; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The phenomenon of recovered memories has excited much controversy in recent years amongst professionals with extreme positions being held: either all such memories are, by definition false, or any such claim is an attempt to deny the victims of abuse their rights to confront their abusers. In this refreshing new approach to the problem Graham Davies and Tim Dalgleish have assembled leading figures from both sides of the debate to provide a balanced overview of empirical evidence as well as evidence from clinical practice.Recovered Memories: Seeking the middle ground, unlike most other