David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
By Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
(last revised 3/28/2011)
Amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is a condition.
The existence of this condition is beyond dispute.
Repression is merely one explanation
? often a confusing and misleading one ?
for what causes the condition of amnesia.
Some people sexually abused in childhood
will have periods of amnesia for their abuse,
followed by experiences of delayed recall.
(Based on published research. See below.)
[SIZE=-1] This is a very large individual Web page (over 50 printed pages). Please be patient as it loads. For your convenience, I suggest that you begin by checking out the Table of Contents, then scrolling down to read the Preface, Words of Caution, and Introduction. If you try to follow links in the Table of Contents before the page has fully loaded, you will have to reload it.(last revised 3/28/2011)
Amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is a condition.
The existence of this condition is beyond dispute.
Repression is merely one explanation
? often a confusing and misleading one ?
for what causes the condition of amnesia.
Some people sexually abused in childhood
will have periods of amnesia for their abuse,
followed by experiences of delayed recall.
(Based on published research. See below.)
I have highlighted in red those passages which particularly fit with my goals. These do not correspond to emphases in the original texts. Again, this is a very large page, and the highlights can be used for browsing too.
Table of Contents
Preface - Author Info. & Aims for this Page
Words of Caution I - Caveats on Research Evidence, Theory & Controversy
Words of Caution II - Personal Concerns & Questions About Your Memories?
Introduction: Empirical Evidence, Psychological Constructs & Scientific Progress
Hypertext Table of Research Findings - Perfect for Fast Browsing!
The Journal of Psychiatry and Law - 1996 Review; Perpetrator Confessions
Linda Meyer Williams - Great Research (prospective, community sample)
Cathy Spatz Widom - Great Research (prospective, large sample, gender effects)
Diana Elliott - Great Research (random national sample, various traumas)
Bessel van der Kolk - Traumatic Memories & Dissociation; 4 Papers on Web
Judith Lewis Herman - Verified Memories; Social Contexts; Dissociation
Ross Cheit - Recovered Memory Project Archive of Corroborated Cases
Elizabeth Loftus - What the Popular Media Haven't Reported
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition
- Dissociative Amnesia is an Established Psychiatric Diagnosis
Journal of Traumatic Stress - Special Issue: Traumatic Memory Research
John Briere - Two Research Studies
Shirley Feldman-Summers - Study of Therapists; Verified Memories
Jennifer Freyd - Betrayal of Children & Memory Loss
Chris Brewin - Explanations Based on Cognitive Science
Cynthia Bowman & Elizabeth Mertz - Legal Argument & Scientific Review
Judge Edward Harrington, U.S. District Court - Recovered Memory Ruling
Selected Books on Recovered & Traumatic Memories
Media Coverage of Recovered Memories - Sources of Bias & Deceptiveness
Additional Resources - Including Articles & Web Resources
Related Pages at This Site
[/SIZE]Words of Caution I - Caveats on Research Evidence, Theory & Controversy
Words of Caution II - Personal Concerns & Questions About Your Memories?
Introduction: Empirical Evidence, Psychological Constructs & Scientific Progress
Hypertext Table of Research Findings - Perfect for Fast Browsing!
The Journal of Psychiatry and Law - 1996 Review; Perpetrator Confessions
Linda Meyer Williams - Great Research (prospective, community sample)
Cathy Spatz Widom - Great Research (prospective, large sample, gender effects)
Diana Elliott - Great Research (random national sample, various traumas)
Bessel van der Kolk - Traumatic Memories & Dissociation; 4 Papers on Web
Judith Lewis Herman - Verified Memories; Social Contexts; Dissociation
Ross Cheit - Recovered Memory Project Archive of Corroborated Cases
Elizabeth Loftus - What the Popular Media Haven't Reported
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition
- Dissociative Amnesia is an Established Psychiatric Diagnosis
Journal of Traumatic Stress - Special Issue: Traumatic Memory Research
John Briere - Two Research Studies
Shirley Feldman-Summers - Study of Therapists; Verified Memories
Jennifer Freyd - Betrayal of Children & Memory Loss
Chris Brewin - Explanations Based on Cognitive Science
Cynthia Bowman & Elizabeth Mertz - Legal Argument & Scientific Review
Judge Edward Harrington, U.S. District Court - Recovered Memory Ruling
Selected Books on Recovered & Traumatic Memories
Media Coverage of Recovered Memories - Sources of Bias & Deceptiveness
Additional Resources - Including Articles & Web Resources
Related Pages at This Site
Click here to read more...
