Overview
Since the mid-1980s when sensational stories of ritualized satanic or sadistic abuse drastically increased, ritual abuse has become entangled in the controversy surrounding false memory syndrome and recovered memory. Because this debate has not been conclusively resolved, therapists requrie methods and guidelines for treating patients who present a history that may involve abusive satanic or sadistic rituals. In this text, experts in the field offer balanced, carefully considered advice on approaches therapists can use when patients or clients report they have experienced ritual abuse. These clinicians explain and demonstrate their techniques and offer caveats against accepting a patient's recollections at face value. Additional chapters deal with psychological and pharmacological treatment programmes that have helped patients whether the reports of abuse were accurate, symbolic or false. Several illustrations depict the types of abuse that therapists will hear from these patients. For further guidance, an appendix containing the American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustee's ""Statement on Memories of Sexual Abuse"" is also included.
Full Product Details
Author: George A. Fraser, MD FRCPC (Royal Ottawa Hospital)
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Imprint: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780880484787
ISBN 10: 0880484780
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 July 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> The book is intended mainly for psychiatrists but is readable enough to hold interest for therapists of all disciplines, who will benefit greatly from the two sections that deal with clinical experience and special techniques, and with the need for thorough assessments in these cases. -- Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health
[T]his is the book for which many mental health professionals have been waiting.... Inevitably, in an edited collection, there is some repetition but it was useful repetition in that it underscored that fact that experts in a wide variety of locations are fairly much in accord on the issues.... A great source book and a balanced appraisal of the subject. * Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry * The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse is a good portrayal of many of the clinical issues that arise in the treatment of people alleging ritual abuse histories.... [T]he book provides a good overview and it is useful to have all of this information pulled together in one volume. * Bullentin of the Menninger Clinic * The book is intended mainly for psychiatrists but is readable enough to hold interest for therapists of all disciplines, who will benefit greatly from the two sections that deal with clinical experience and special techniques, and with the need for thorough assessments in these cases. * Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health *
Author Information
George A. Fraser, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa Medical School, and Director of the Anxiety and Phobic Disorders Clinic, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
