“Recovered memory claims are due to mass hysteria. They only occur in a specific time and place.”
“Child abuse allegations are the "third-greatest wave of hysteria" the nation has seen, following the Salem witch trials and the McCarthyite persecution of leftists.” - Richard Gardner. [1]
“For the past two years or so we have become activists in the fight against the recovered memory hysteria” - Katie Spanuello, FMS Foundation Staff, in the FMSF Newsletter. [2]
Refutation
Citations
[1] Gardner, Richard. (1993, February 22). Modern witch hunt--child abuse charges. The Wall Street Journal, p. A10.
[2] Spanuello, Katie. (1995, June). Make a Difference. FMS Foundation Newsletter. 4(5), 15.
[3] The Cause of Sudden Fits of Sleepiness. (1920, August 26). The Windsor Star. Pg. 14
[4] Alford, Leland. (1930, April 1). Your Health and Your Brain. Mind and Brain. Repressed Memories. The Morning News. Pg. 6
[5] Peake, D.E.. (1935, February 23). Is your memory a friend or enemy? Even the “moderns” live in the past. Liverpool Echo. Pg. 4
[6] Jacks, Timna. (2015, September 2). Sex abuse royal commission: Geelong Grammar student has “no memory” of repeated abuse at school. The Sydney Morning Herald.
[7] Goldsmith, R. E., Cheit, R. E., & Wood, M. E. (2009). Ignoring Nina: Avoidance and Denial in Pope, Poliakoff, Parker, Boynes, and Hudson (2009). Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 10(3), 258–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299730902956762
[8] Gardner, Richard. (1997, January 14). The Spin-Off of Daycare Hysteria: Epidemic Accusations of Sexual Abuse in Custody Disputes. [Conference Presentation]. Day of Contrition Revisited, Salem, MA, USA.
[9] Cheit, R. E. (2014). The witch-hunt narrative: Politics, psychology, and the sexual abuse of children (pp. xx, 508). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199931224.001.0001
[10] Raymond, Adam. (2021, December 1) Underpaid, overworked Kentucky social workers push for change. Spectrum News 1. https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2021/12/01/underpaid-and-overworked--social-workers-push-for-changes
[11] Landsberg, Michele. (1996, February 11). Beware of false prophets peddling false-memory hype. Toronto Star. A2.
[12] Clark v. Edison. Jury Trial Day 5/Testimony of Harrison G. Pope, Ph.D. Civil Action No.09-40040-FDS (District Court of Massachusetts, 2012, July 13).
[13] Hargrove, Mary & Roth, Susan. (1996, September 8). Preying on Pupils. Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette.
[14] [The Gardner contribution] Amicus Curiae Brief for the New Jersey Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [in State v. J.Q.], n.d. [circa summer 1992], 12.
Dr. Gardner sent me this document; the words “The Gardner contribution” are handwritten on the first page.