Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT)

Links to RMT websites

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Starting in the 1980's, a series of horrendous criminal cases were pursued against adults in daycare centers, Sunday schools, etc There were also thousands of cases in which adults initiated lawsuits against their own parents for extreme sexual abuse during the plaintiff's childhood. Much of the evidence in these cases was based on suggestive interview and therapy techniques of children and adults, often called Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT). Most therapists now believe that many, if not most, of the abuse events never happened. False memories were created by adults during recovered memory therapy. Non-existent stories of sexual abuse were implanted in the minds of young children.

The legacy of these events are broken families of origin, impoverished older couples, and children with profoundly destructive memories of events that never happened.

Listed below are links to web sites dealing with RMT.

List of RMT web sites:

	RMT skeptical web sites: "16 reasons why I do not believe in recovered memory" is a anti-RMT web site written from a Christian perspective at: http://www.angelfire.com/tx/recoveredmemories/ John Hochman, "Recovered Memory Therapy and False Memory Syndrome," Skeptic magazine, at: http://www.skeptic.com/02.3.hochman-fms.html "Memory and Reality," False Memory Syndrome Foundation, at: http://www.fmsfonline.org/ Robyn M. Dawes, "Why Believe That for Which There Is No Good Evidence?," at: http://www.fmsfonline.org/
	RMT believers web sites: The Ottawa [ON] Recovered Memory Page promotes the accuracy of repressed/recovered memory therapy. See: http://www.carleton.ca/~whovdest/ormp.html S.M.A.R.T. Ritual Abuse Newsletter, at: http://members.aol.com/smartnews/index2.html The Recovered Memory Project lists 80 corroborated cases of recovered memory at: http://www.brown.edu/ Survivors of Spiritual Abuse, at: http://www.sosa.org/
	Websites by RMT retractors: Laura Pasley is a recovered memory retractor. See: http://www.geocities.com/ or www.geocities.com Deb David www.geocities.com/
	Information sites: The "Memory Debate Archives," at: http://www.tmdArchives.org The Recovered Memory Bookstore is at: http://www.angelfire.com/  "Ritual Abuse Resources," The Awareness Center, at: http://www.TheAwarenessCenter.org
	Advocacy groups: The Men's Defense Association is a non-profit group which acts as an advocate for men and fathers in divorce and custody disputes. See: http://www.mensdefense.org/ The "Abuse-Excuse" home page at: http://www.abuse-excuse has a referrals and resources list for the falsely accused. "The Paid Pipers of Humbug," Parents Against Cruel Therapy (PACT) at: http://www.angryparents.net  "Stop Bad Therapy" is a impressive and forceful expose of the RMT movement and its spin-offs: Satanic Ritual Abuse, family and personal destruction, the hazards of reading "the Courage to Heal," etc. See: http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/ This web site contains phone numbers of professional regulatory boards in all 50 states.
	Discussion groups: The Witchhnt mailing list is devoted to the discussion of the reliability of recovered memories and related topics. See: http://www.paganlibrary.com/ The "Recovered Memory a Pandoras Box?" discussion group is at: http://www.boards2go.com/
	False Memory Syndrome groups: "Fausse Memorie et faux Souvenirs," a French language website at: www.francefms.com Illinois-Wisconsin FMS Society at: www.IllinoisFMS.org Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practices, at: www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp Australian False Memory Association Inc. at: www.afma.asn.au The British False Memory Society at: www.bfms.org.uk New Zealand FMS Group, at: www.geocities.com/ Werkgroep Fictieve Herinneringen is a Netherlands FMS website written in Dutch. See: www.werkgroepwfh.nl
	Legal websites: Find Law, at: www.findlaw.com Legal Engine.com, at: www.legalengine.com "Accused" at: www.accused.com

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