A court ruled case on therapy-induced false memories.
case
court
false memory
suggestion
therapy
Journal
Journal of forensic sciences
ISSN: 1556-4029
Titre abrégé: J Forensic Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375370
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Historique:
revised:
04
05
2022
received:
31
03
2022
accepted:
25
05
2022
pubmed:
3
6
2022
medline:
8
9
2022
entrez:
2
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report on a unique Italian criminal case in which a court ruled that a therapist implanted false memories of abuse in a young girl. Using therapeutic excerpts, we show that the therapist used a multitude of problematic interventions that are all linked to false memory creation. Specifically, an analysis of the therapeutic excerpts showed that across many sessions, the therapist asked highly suggestive questions to the girl, implying that she was abused by her father. In addition, the girl underwent EMDR techniques that have been associated with memory undermining effects. Our analyses showed that although before treatment the girl did not have any recollection of being abused by her father, she gradually started to remember the abuse and identified the father as her abuser during the therapeutic sessions. Our case report clearly shows the danger of suggestive pressure in a therapeutic context causing patients to form false memories of abuse and supports the need to prevent the therapeutic practice of suggestive techniques.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35652501
doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15073
pmc: PMC9544012
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2122-2129Subventions
Organisme : Research Foundation - Flanders, Belgium
ID : G0D3621N
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Forensic Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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