Child Sexual Abuse | Repressed Memories of Child Abuse May Be Valid

Minouche Kandel is an attorney with the Support Network for Battered Women in Mountain View, California, and a member of the legislative committee of the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence. Eric Kandel is University Professor at Columbia University Center for Neurobiology and Behavior.

Summary: In recent decades, a number of adults have uncovered repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse and have confronted their attackers in civil courts. However, a backlash has developed among parents and researchers who maintain that these recovered...

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