WHAT IS THE “FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME”?
The idea some people can be coaxed or fooled into “remembering” events that never happened has become the platform for some groups to diminish claims of childhood sexual abuse that surface sometimes during psychotherapy or hypnotherapy. It seems that the False Memory Syndrome Institute was created by parents facing charges of abuse by their adult offspring who had undergone therapy. These parents felt they had been falsely accused and claim that the accusations stem from ideas or suggestions implanted in their minds by the therapists.
