Traumatic amnesia: The evolution of our understanding from a clinical and legal perspective
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity
- Vol. 4 (2) , 107-135
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10720169708400136
Abstract
While some accused and convicted child molesters have inappropriately influenced the media, the public, and many in the clinical and legal professions by claiming that traumatic amnesia does not occur in child sexual abuse, workers in the field of trauma psychology have accumulated solid empirical evidence over the past 100 years that it does occur and is common. Its existence and natural history are documented throughout the clinical literature. This review describes extensive evidence that traumatic amnesia is a real part of the effects and the natural history of child sexual abuse.Keywords
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