Crisis or creation? A systematic examination of "False Memory Syndrome"

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 9-36

  Dallam, Stephanie J ^a  

^a Leadership Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Child sexual abuse; Epidemic; False memory; Incest; Legislation; Pseudoscience; Public policy; Recovered memory; Suggestibility; Syndrome evidence

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; INCEST; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 0035726811     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v09n03_02     Document Type: Article

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