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This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide for families of children who have been molested. First published in 1988, this new edition includes current research and information on the nature and effects of molestation on boys and girls, as well as proven techniques ...

This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide for families of children who have been molested. First published in 1988, this new edition includes current research and information on the nature and effects of molestation on boys and girls, as well as proven techniques for therapy, healing, and recovery. Using everyday language, the authors provide information, comfort, and advice on how to put the pieces back together again after a child has been sexually molested. "This book is an excellent discovery for parents, child welfare professionals, trauma team members, mental health professionals providing counseling and therapy, and all of those who would seek to help parents of victims and the child victims of sexual abuse." -Carol A. Brown, retired executive director, Richland County Children's Services, Mansfield, Ohio "Sexual abuse of a child frequently paralyzes families due to their huge sense of violation and betrayal-but [the book has] a remedy that works! Through [its] warmth and knowledge [it] both alleviates guilt and empowers parents to take constructive action by arming them with clear information and strategies that will both support their child and themselves." -Patricia A. O'Gorman, psychologist, clinical director of Berkshire Farm and Services for Youth, and coauthor, The Lowdown on Families Who Get High "Must reading for parents who discover-or fear-that their child has been sexually molested. [The book's] expert advice helps families deal with the problem effectively and heal all affected by it." -Sue Rusche, chairman, president, and CEO, National Families in Action, and coauthor, False Messengers

Is repressed memory fact or fiction? What role should therapists play in determining the truth? What if any, weight should these "memories" be given when prosecuting claims of child sexual abuse? Noted experts seek answers that could affect thousands of lives.

Tabloid talk shows and the courts are ...

Is repressed memory fact or fiction? What role should therapists play in determining the truth? What if any, weight should these "memories" be given when prosecuting claims of child sexual abuse? Noted experts seek answers that could affect thousands of lives.

Tabloid talk shows and the courts are overflowing with adults alleging sexual and other abuses they endured as children. Parents have been hauled into court, convicted, and jailed over their children's claims of abuse, many of which have been based upon "memories" that have surfaced after therapists employed dubious techniques and suggestive "therapies". In some cases, the abuse really did occur. Alarmingly, in other cases, it did not.

Noted psychologist and author Robert A. Baker states that experienced and responsible therapists vehemently disagree about the nature, source, and reliability of these "memories". In Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome doctors, therapists, victims, researchers, and others search for answers in seven major areas: memory and its recovery, childhood trauma, repression and amnesia, hypnosis, suggestibility, professional problems and ethical issues, as well as needed research and legal implications.

Smoke and Mirrors is an uncompromising look at how false sexual abuse allegations originate, gather momentum, and often culminate by ripping apart the lives of innocent people. Campbell, a nationally known authority in forensic psychology, argues how false allegations of sexual abuse can occur ...

Smoke and Mirrors is an uncompromising look at how false sexual abuse allegations originate, gather momentum, and often culminate by ripping apart the lives of innocent people. Campbell, a nationally known authority in forensic psychology, argues how false allegations of sexual abuse can occur anywhere to anyone.

In Part One he examines false allegations of child sexual abuse. The typical scenario in these cases originates with the vague, ill-defined statements of a young child. Adults, misinterpreting these ambiguous remarks, conclude that the child has been sexually abused. The child, subjected to numerous interviews, then describes events that never occurred with staggering psychological and legal ramifications.