Background & Aims: False memory is more prevalent among PTSD patients. This memory can be affected by group and intensifies the symptoms of the disorder. Psychological Debriefing (PD) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) are widely used for the treatment of PTSD patients. The efficacy of these treatments is controversial. Method: A total of 219 PTSD patients were randomly se...

abstract   aim and background: the forgetfulness or memory deficit hypothesis in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (ocd) has been used to explain the maintenance of repetitive behaviors in these patients. yet the majority of studies focusing on memory of patients with ocd show mixed results. the aim of this study was to compare of false memory and memory confidence in women with obses...

Extensive research has shown that certain interrogation techniques may lead to false confessions. Gudjonsson and MacKeith (1982) argued that the ‘memory distrust syndrome’ could underlie some of these false confessions. The present study examined the relation between memory distrust, false confessions, and several interrogation techniques, by accusing innocent undergraduate students (n 50) of e...

The review describes the heated dispute on the present state of recovered traumatic memories. There are two main schools concerning the status of recovered memories of child abuse. One school believes in their authenticity unconditionally. Those who oppose the authenticity claim False Memory Syndrome's existence. They describe it as "a serious form of psychopathology characterized by strongly b...

INTRODUCTION In recent years, there has been widespread media attention given to the alleged “false memory syndrome” (FMS), a term coined by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) in America. The idea that a person could suddenly recall memories of being sexually abused as a child has been presented as incredible and either evidence of the suggestibility of women to other people’s ideas, b...