Freud and False Memory Syndrome

by Phil Mollon

Since about 1992, an astonishingly fierce scientific, professional and legal controversy has arisen around the allegation that psychotherapists may sometimes have fostered false memories of childhood sexual abuse. Some have blamed Freud for this, arguing that he sowed the seeds of 'false memory syndrome' 100 years ago. He has been accused by some critics of abandoning, out of professional cowardice, his original recognition of the prevalence of sexual abuse amongst his patients, substituting his theory of childhood sexuality and the Oedipus complex, and by others of fabricating and implanting false memories in his patients' minds.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Psychoanalysis

80 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 1996

Reviews

[Arman Behrad]

كتاب درباره ي اختلالي است به نام سندروم حافظه ي كاذب . توصيه ميكنم ترجمه فارسي كار كه به اضافه ي چند مقاله تحت عنوان 'جنگ هاي حافظه' توسط انتشارات نيماژ چاپ شده رو حتما مطالعه كنيد. براي كساني كه به مطالعات حوزه ي زنان علاقه دارند كتاب جالبيه.

[Lore LongSoulSystem]

Es pro falsa memoria, pero raro. Es una recopilación e interpretación corta. Aunque saqué un dato interesante que voy a investigar...

[Mattilda]

Okay, so I thought this book might be a scathing indictment of the falsity known as "false memory syndrome," a backlash phenomenon invented by those accused of sexually abusing their kids, to explain that of course these memories were implanted by therapists, dammit! But oh well, this book is not quite that indictment -- actually it's a close reading of Freud to separate him from the outrage at all these "false memories." Oh well.