A range of memory possibilities: The challenge of the false memory debate for clinicians and researchers

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 299-310

  Madill, Anna ^a   Holch, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INJURY; MEMORY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 6944239937     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.378     Document Type: Article

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