title: A critical review of recovered memories in psychotherapy: Part I--Trauma and memory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The theoretical basis of the use of recovered memories in psychotherapy will be critically examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature will be reviewed on the nature of normal memory, and on the relationship of trauma to memory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Normal memories are surprisingly inaccurate. There is little evidence that normal memories can be repressed. There is no evidence that trauma makes repression more likely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  "Recovery" of repressed memories is not consistent with the findings of empirical research.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*