Suggestion and veridicality in the reconstruction of sexual trauma, or can a bait of suggestion catch a carp of falsehood?

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1189-1224

  Good, Michael I ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Psychoanal Inst of New England   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUGGESTION; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 0030463456     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000306519604400410     Document Type: Article

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