Trauma and Memory: Clinical and Legal Controversies
Paul S. Appelbaum · Lisa A. Uyehara · Mark R. Elin
May 1997 · Oxford University Press
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The authenticity of memories of childhood sexual abuse has become one of the major social controversies of the 1990's. As persons who report histories of abuse have sought remedies in civil and criminal proceedings in the courts, the accuracy of their memories--particularly when they have been recalled after a period of time--has been subject to intense scrutiny. This volume brings together many of the leading participants in the debate to provide a comprehensive picture of the psychological, physiological, and legal aspects of trauma. Beginning by defining the opposing positions in the debate, the contributors then offer a variety of perspectives on the nature of memory, including reviews of some of the most exciting recent developments in this fast-growing area of investigation. Next, consideration is given to the impact of trauma on memory, both in adults and in children. With this framework in place, the authors turn to an examination of the variety of treatment approaches available to victims of trauma, who are trying to cope with the painful consequences of those events. The book argues against a unidimensional approach to trauma, calling instead for a multidisciplinary synthesis that includes developmental, neurobiological, cognitive, and psychodynamic perspectives. Chapters address the legal dilemmas for patients, mental health professionals and society as a whole that have arisen from the trauma and memory controversy. Most importantly, the editors shift the focus of their discussion from the laboratory to the courtroom and from the research journal to the psychotherapist's office, looking at the issues from every relevant angle. This is the only book in the field to treat the trauma and memory controversy comprehensively, from basic research on memory processes through clinical approaches to legal and policy issues. Trauma and Memory is a valuable tool for clinicians treating patients with traumatic memories. It is also intended for psychologists, physicians, social workers and lawyers who need a comprehensive reference on trauma and sexual abuse during childhood.
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Don't bother. Paul S. Appelbaum MD is a violent perpetrator with malignant narcissism and Asperger's disorder. Appelbaum is completely unable to understand others' theory of mind, cannot read affect or understand sarcasm and irony, has frequent temper tantrums due to overstimulation from the autism and uses his power to slander and destroy those who are able, talented and ethical. How did so many people, often with psychiatry and neuropsychiatry degrees, from Columbia, Harvard, UMass Medical Center and the APA, allow someone with Asperger's into medicine, let alone psychiatry? How many patients have been traumatized by Appelbaum denying them effective, efficient, ethical care? How many women physicians who were forced to endure sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, battery, lying during depositions, slander, libel, and even physical battery by UMass Medical Center Psychiatry Department are severely traumatized? What of those of us who lost family members due to battering by Appelbaum et al? How many female patients are forced to endure a severe sexual assaulter in their medical care due to retaliation of a whistleblower by Appelbaum? Who will stop the "expert witness" is unable to understand others' mental state and motivations and uses unethical, even criminal, acts to protect his own interests and those of his unethical peers? All of Appelbaum's past forensic and clinical assessments are invalid based on his disqualifying disabilities. How many people have been traumatized due to that? How many people were wrongly convicted due to Appelbaum's autism and deceit? Appelbaum is a perpetrator of trauma, not someone to seek out for information on "clinical and legal controversies" of trauma. Ask advice from people who have had to care for a severely traumatized family member, or patient, in our severely traumatizing mental health system... The severely traumatized Dr. Shawna Murray MD
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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is the A.F. Zeleznik Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Law and Psychiatry Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester. His previous books include Almost a Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change (OUP, 1994) and Informed Consent: Legal Theory and Clinical Practice (OUP, 1987). Lisa A. Uyehara, M.D., formerly an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University Medical School, has a private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Mark R. Elin, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University Medical School and is a neuropsychologist at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.
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