In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

In a position statement on techniques used to elicit memories of childhood abuse, the American Psychiatric Association warns: “Research has shown that memory does not always record events accurately.

Belknap, 420 pp., $35 AT THE END of the nineteenth century, Sigmund Freud–ever anxious to present an overarching, universal explanation for mental unrest–suggested that “repressed memories” of ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a victim of childhood sexual assault. I’m 52, and memories that I have repressed for so many years are coming back to haunt me. I have been with my husband for 14 years. We have ...

OMAHA (AP) - A Douglas County district court judge has declared that repressed memories are not reliable enough for filing claims of sexual abuse years after an alleged incident at Boys Town.OMAHA (AP ...

Repression is when someone unconsciously ignores or avoids certain emotions. Psychoanalysts believe that repressed emotions can have an impact on thoughts, behavior, and health. The concept of ...

One never knows which film will introduce a moment of significant psychological insight, particularly a startlingly unexpected reminder that therapy can sometimes be harmful. Such is the case with ...