Editing Lawrence Pazder (section)

{{Short description|Canadian psychiatrist and author}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|name        = Lawrence Pazder
|image       = Lawrence Pazder.jpg
|image_size  = 
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1936|4|30}}
|birth_place = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|2004|3|5|1936|4|30}}
|death_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia]]
|other_names = 
|known_for   = Participation in the [[satanic ritual abuse]] [[moral panic]]; co-author of the discredited book ''[[Michelle Remembers]]''
|occupation  = [[Psychiatrist]]
|nationality = Canadian
}}

'''Lawrence Pazder''' (April 30, 1936 – March 5, 2004) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[psychiatrist]] and author. Pazder wrote the discredited biography, ''[[Michelle Remembers]]'', published in 1980, with his patient (and eventual wife) Michelle Smith, which claimed to detail [[satanic ritual abuse]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt|first1=Debbie|last1=Nathan|first2=Michael|last2=Snedeker|pages=45–46|edition=2nd|year=2001|publisher=[[iUniverse]]|location=Lincoln, Nebraska|isbn=0-595-18955-5}}</ref>