ALTERNATE URL False Memory Syndrome (FMS) purportedly arises from «recovered memory therapy,» a theoretical practice said to be capable of creating
memories of childhood sexual abuse in psychotherapy patients.
The controversy regarding recovered
memories of childhood sexual abuse: Pitfalls, bridges, and future directions.
Not exact matches
Similarly, the recovered -
memory hysteria, in which false «
memories»
of childhood sexual abuse ruined the lives
of alleged abusers, was fostered by mental health professionals — the very people who should have known better.
Eventually she became embroiled in the notorious recovered
memory controversy
of the 1990s, in which adults thought they had discovered repressed
memories of sexual abuse during
childhood.