Recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse: Social worker, psychologist, and psychiatrist reports of beliefs, practices, and cases

Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-133

  Legault, Ellen ^a   Laurence, Jean Roch ^b  

^a Saskatchewan District Parole ^*

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; VALIDITY;

EID: 38049046552     PISSN: 01560417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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