Editing False memory syndrome (section)

== Recovered memory therapy ==
{{Main|Recovered memory therapy}}
Recovered memory therapy is a catch all phrase to describe the scientifically discredited therapeutic processes and methods that can create false memories. These non-exhaustive methods include [[hypnosis]], sedative guided interviews, journal writing for the purpose of recovering memories (often in the form of [[automatic writing]]), [[Age regression in therapy|age regression]] and interpretation of "body memories"<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1997 |title=Reported recovered memories of child sexual abuse: Recommendations for good practice and implications for training, continuing professional development and research |journal=Psychiatric Bulletin |language=en |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=663–665 |doi=10.1192/pb.21.10.663 |issn=0955-6036|doi-access=free }}</ref> especially where the therapist believes [[repressed memories]] of traumatic events are the cause of their client's problems.<ref name = Saletan>{{cite magazine|last=Saletan|first=William|author-link=William Saletan |title = The memory doctor: the future of false memories|magazine = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date = 2010-06-04|url = http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_memory_doctor/2010/06/the_memory_doctor.single.html|access-date = 2012-05-08 }}</ref> The term is not listed in DSM-5 or used by any mainstream [[Psychotherapy#Specific schools and approaches|formal psychotherapy modality]], which has led to accusations that the term is little more than a pejorative.<ref name="Whitfield2001">{{cite book |last=Whitfield |first=Charles L. |title=Misinformation Concerning Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Survivors |author2=Joyanna L. Silberg |author3=Paul Jay Fink |publisher=[[Haworth Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7890-1901-1 |page=56}}</ref> {{Failed verification|date=March 2024 |reason=Page 56 does not say this, unable to check rest of book. }}