"Recovered memory" therapy for eating disorders: implications of the ramona verdict

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-145

  Pope Jr , Harrison G ^a,b   Hudson, James I ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; BULIMIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRESSION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0030021340     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199603)19:2<139::AID-EAT4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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