Ethical Issues in the Search for Repressed Memories
Abstract
The origins and present status of the concepts of repression and dissociation are discussed, followed by a brief account of the emergence of the recovered-memory movement and the objections made to it on the grounds that it produces a false-memory syndrome. The impact of these arguments on psychotherapy and their legal and ethical problems are considered. It is suggested that recovered-memory therapy, as currently practiced, is unsound in principle and often harmful.
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