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9355166

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
Controversy over cases involving so-called recovered memories of sexual abuse has threatened to divide the mental health field, just as lawsuits based on recovered memories have sometimes divided children from parents and others. The authors review issues in this controversy, including the role of misdirected advocacy for recovered memory by some practitioners, the distinction between the actual events and patient's narrative truth as a factor in the therapeutic alliance, and the contrast between therapeutic and legal remedies. They recommend nine clinically based risk management principles to guide clinicians in dealing with cases involving recovered memory. They include the need for documentation and consultation; the value of psychotherapeutic neutrality, maintaining a calm perspective, and understanding the difference between historical and narrative truth; the incompatibility of the roles of treater and forensic expert; the risks of special therapies such as hypnosis; awareness of the roles of other professionals and the significance of the patient's family; and the importance of knowing when to end treatment.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1075-2730
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1403-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinically based risk management principles for recovered memory cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review