Suggestions of Abuse: True and False Memories of Childhood Sexual Trauma

Allegations of sexual abuse, particularly those based on the recovery of supposed repressed memories of abuse, have reached incredible proportions. This timely book reveals how & why a startling number of mental health professionals, ignorant about suggestibility & the workings of memory, are unwittingly leading their patients to believe that they are victims of sexual abuse that has been entirely repressed. Yapko explains what we know -- & don t know -- about memory, repression, & suggestibility. Also offers sensitive, realistic advice for those whose lives have been damaged or falsely led to believe they were abused.