Overview

This much-needed book points out and corrects misinformation that everyone who works with victims, offenders, or families in which sexual abuse has occurred needs to understand clearly. Especially vital in today's political climate, Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors gives you state-of-the-science information on such myths as false memory syndrome, recovered memory therapy, and the lack of harm to some sexually abused boys. Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors examines: forensic issues, including the false memory defence and how the long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse is often misrepresented in court: three separate expert examinations of Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman's well-known - and often misrepresented--review of long-term child sexual abuse outcomes; treatment recommendations and guidelines for addressing the memory controversy in clinical practice; the fascinating case history/cautionary tale of the child molester Robert Halsey, who was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences in 1993, and how public and academic resources were misused to claim he was wrongly convicted.

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Author:   Paul Jay Fink ,  Joyanna Silberg ,  Charles L. Whitfield
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780789019011

ISBN 10:   0789019019
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   26 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Exposing Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors Misinformation/Disinformation About Child Sexual Abuse Crisis or Creation? A Systematic Examination of False Memory Syndrome The Legend of Robert Halsey Forensic Issues The False Memory Defense: Using Disinformation and Junk Science In and Out of Court (Mis)Representations of the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Courts Long Term Sequelae of Child Sexual Abuse and Clinical Implications Science or Propaganda? An Examination of Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman (1998) A Critical Appraisal of the 1998 Meta-Analytic Review of Child Sexual Abuse Outcomes Reported by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman The Real Controversy About Child Sexual Abuse Research: Contradictory Findings and Critical Issues Not Addressed by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman in Their 1998 Outcomes Meta-Analysis Implications of the Memory Controversy for Clinical Practice: An Overview of Treatment Recommendations and Guidelines Index Reference Notes Included

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Charles L. Whitfield, MD, FASAM, is in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a member of the Leadership Council on Mental Health, Justice, and the Media, and on the faculty of the Rutgers Institute on Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey., Joyanna Silberg, PhD, is a clinician at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Executive Vice President of the Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice, and the Media. She is also President of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation., Pau, Jay Fink, MD, a psychiatrist in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is President of the Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice, and the Media, and is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association.

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