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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Recovered Memory

Sybil

Will two new releases of SYBIL include the documented information that completely changes the story?  SYBIL is a movie (based on the 1973 book with the same name) about an early, alleged case of "multiple-personality disorder" (MPD).  It has since been exposed as the product of undue suggestion by her therapist, Dr. Cornelia Wilbur.

Are Recovered Memories Reliable?

False memory syndrome: a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred. Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, Special 2nd Edition (1996)
"False Memory Syndrome doesn't exist. It is an artificial term constructed by apologists for child abusers." Pamela Perskin, of the International Council on Cultism and Ritual Trauma, Dallas, TX.

Jim Hopper's Recovered Memory Research

  1. Every instance of recall is a process of reconstruction, and therefore involves some degree of distortion.

  2. This process of reconstruction is never random, and is always influenced by factors internal and external to the person attempting accurate recall.

  3. There is strong evidence that people can sincerely believe they have recovered a memory or memories of abuse by a particular person, but actually be mistaken.

  4. There is strong evidence that such memories have led to accusations about particular events that never happened and accusations of people who never committed such acts.

  5. In some cases mistaken memories and accusations have caused extraordinary pain and damage to individuals and families.

  6. One of the preventable causes of these tragedies is incompetence by therapists, who sometimes contribute to the creation of false memories and/or believe them without good reason.

  7. Currently, there are no reliable statistics on the occurences listed as numbers 3 through 6 above. Along these lines, see two articles by Dr. Kenneth Pope: "Questioning Claims About the False Memory Syndrome Epidemic," and "Science as Careful Questioning: Are Claims of a False Memory Syndrome Epidemic Based on Empirical Evidence?" (For more information about these articles and online ordering of copies, follow the link to Pope's site in the "Additional Resources" section of this page.)

  8. Most of these issues are addressed at the Web site of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. I do not endorse that organization, their Web site, nor their treatment of these issues, which is clearly extreme in many ways. But I do encourage you to consider all positions, to contrast what you learn here with the materials presented at the FMSF site, and to come to your own conclusions.