Don Allen wrote:
>I believe an early example of what you are looking for
>is the Ramona case. He was a vineyard exec in California
>who was accused by his daughter of childhood sexual
>abuse after she "recovered" memories with the help of
>a social worker "therapist" and a psychiatrist. He won a
>f
House Divided". I used to use it in class as it nicely articulates
the "repressed memory/false memory" issue.
-Don.
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From: Allen Esterson
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:35 am
Subject: Re: [tips] Recovered memory therapy in court
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though the accuser did not withdraw her allegations.
Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
allenester...@compuserve.com
http://www.esterson.org
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Re: [tips] Recovered memory therapy in court
sblack
On 29 Jan 2011 at 8:50, William Scott wrote:
> This is a local case where I live here in Wisconsin. Of particular
> interest is the fact that the patient and therapists claim that the
> patient arrived in therapy with the memory of abuse and that the
> therapists claimed that they "challenged" the
This is a local case where I live here in Wisconsin. Of particular interest is
the fact that the patient and therapists claim that the patient arrived in
therapy with the memory of abuse and that the therapists claimed that they
"challenged" the memory
(although clearly ineffectively). No "reco
Stephen Black writes on the "recovered memory" case in which a
patient's parents were awarded $1 million in damages:
>The daughter apparently still has these beliefs, has
>had no contact with her parents for the past 18 years,
>and opposed the lawsuit.
Is this a first? I can't recall any previous
This is a landmark case which has received little publicity. One of
the few news reports on it is here: http://tinyurl.com/4zddv4t
More details are available here: http://tinyurl.com/4p5mwl3
The case is notable in a number of respects:
1) It took 15 years working its way through the courts befo
