The recovered memory controversy: A representative case study

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Colangelo, James J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Dissociation; Forgotten memories; Repression; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BULIMIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDE;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649097277     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710802584601     Document Type: Article

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