From courtroom to couch: Working with repressed memory and avoiding lawsuits

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 847-867

  Scheflin, A W ^a   Spiegel, D ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HYPNOSIS; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031774933     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70045-9     Document Type: Article

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