Recovered memories & recovered memory therapy (RMT)

A personal story of RMT.
A bibliography of articles

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Australian government publication:

The Health Services Commissioner to the Minister for Health of the government of Australia published a 161 page draft report titled "Inquiry into the Practice of Recovered Memory Therapy" in 2005. It contains a "Literature Review" which contains journal articles, statements of professional mental health associations, books, etc. on the topic of recovered memory therapy (RMT), false memories, and related topics.

The bibliography covers material from 1972 to 2005, and thus covers the full history of the recovered memory movement:

• from its beginnings,
• its spread among mental health professionals and other counselors who honestly felt at the time that they were on the cutting edge of a new technology,
• the first sluggish and belated concerns by professional associations,
• the gradual disillusionment with RMT, and
• its final near-abandonment by therapists and counselors in the late 1990s.

It is important to realize that some of the references which promote recovered memory therapy have been determined to be deeply flawed and rejected by the courts and experts in the field of human memory.

What seems to be underrepresented in the literature review -- and from the published material on RMT generally -- are extensive, long-term studies of the damage to individuals and their families of origin caused by the creation of false memories during RMT. Individuals have been emotionally disabled; some have committed suicide; their families have suffered terrible losses and in some cases have disintegrated.

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