The Conviction Integrity Review of People v. Friedman
The Friedman case has nothing to do with recovered memory. At least, the actual facts of the case have nothing to do with recovered...
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- Apr 30, 2013
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Scrutinizing the “Lost in the Mall” study
There are a few studies of “false memory” that have attained almost iconic status. These studies are widely known, but not necessarily...
- Mar 11, 2013
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Blind to Betrayal
This is an important book for understanding the problem of betrayal trauma and for adding to the historical record about the early and...
- Feb 19, 2013
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Oliver Sacks’ Myopia
Dr. Sacks also describes some of the well-known research that demonstrates that eyewitness testimony can be inaccurate. No doubt that is...
- Feb 9, 2013
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NCRJ Reveals Itself
These statements are wrong in every particular. Dr. Silberg is not even the therapist for the woman she mentions in the story! That woman...
- Jan 15, 2013
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The FMSF Fades
There are many indications that the False Memory Syndrome Foundation is fading away. An electronic “FMSF news alert” sent on January 14th...
- Sep 28, 2012
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A Letter to Remember
One important function for this blog is to preserve information that might otherwise be lost in the historical account of the so-called...
- Aug 31, 2012
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Forward and Back
Rev. Benedict Groeschel, blames "youngsters" for initiating sexual abuse Earlier this summer, there was a confluence of several...
- Jul 23, 2012
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The Goldwater Rule and the FMSF
It may seem obvious that mental-health professionals should not purport to diagnose people they have never met. But that is precisely...
- Jul 7, 2012
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Jerry Sandusky, Msrg. William Lynn and the Horace Mann School
A recent editorial in the New York Times focused on one lesson that ties all three stories together: “the reality of late uncovering of...
- May 31, 2012
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- May 10, 2012
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Harassing SNAP
The New York Times reported in March about how the Catholic Church is harassing the primary advocacy group for victims of pedophile...
- Apr 19, 2012
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Jury affirms recovered memory, rejects FMS defense
A jury in Stockton, California unanimously found that Rev. Michael Kelly should be held liable for damages related to three counts of...
- Mar 8, 2012
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Too terrible to bear
From the abstract: Various studies have revealed that in the testimonies given through the decades by Holocaust survivors, the memory of...
- Feb 29, 2012
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Ask a Simple Question (Part 2)
And now for a quick look at the other four questions we posed to Pamela Freyd last summer in the hopes of receiving an answer before the...
- Dec 22, 2011
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Ask a Simple Question (Part 1)
We have been away on other projects all semester, but we’re delighted to be back and we have big plans for 2012. But first, an update on...
- Jul 29, 2011
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Five Easy Questions–for Pamela
Pamela Freyd, FMSF Executive Director The False Memory Syndrome Foundation announced in its recent newsletter that their final email...
- Jun 29, 2011
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Recovered-Memory Victory in Minnesota
Pamela Freyd, Executive Director the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, said recently that the FMSF may soon quietly disappear. They...
- Apr 18, 2011
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A Journalist Reconsiders the FMSF
Ralph Underwager, Founding FMSF Board Member Steven Elbow wrote an article in the Madison Times last December about the Johnson case,...
- Feb 4, 2011
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The Incredible Distortion of Johnson v. Rogers Memorial Hospital
In an unusual and highly controversial lawsuit by Charles and Karen Johnson against the therapists who treated their adult daughter, a...
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