Repressed Memory Case Study Examples

In effort to help you prepare for the upcoming Multi Disciplinary Team meeting for the case The State V. Sam Ruth, you have asked me to look further into the following concerns (1) Wendy’s “normal” medical exam findings. (2) Wendy’s diagnosis of a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and if it is relevant to her disclosure of sexual abuse; (3) Wendy’s resistance with testifying in court; and (4) Wendy’s recent recanting of her allegations of sexual abuse.

Dr. Joseph Lifschutz was a practicing psychiatrist in California and sought a “writ of habeas corpus” to be released from custody in the county of San Mateo California. Dr. Lifschutz was found in contempt of court and was arrested for refusing to obey an order of the San Mateo court ordering his release of records relating to him and one of his patients. Dr. Lifscutz did not follow the order because he believed the order from the court was unconstitutional, violating his constitutional right to privacy. Joseph Housek had been a patient of Dr. Lifscutz for around six months. As a result of being assaulted, he sued his assailant. In an attempt to discredit the case, the defense wanted information to try to prove the plaintiff was not competent.

Perhaps the most unsettling thing about Bell v. Itawamba County School Board, regardless of the final decision in favor of Bell, is the shockingly little attention the courts gave to the allegations made in the song. However, it is fairly reasonable that the court did not address the misconduct, as it was not the action in question. Perhaps a more unsettling aspect of this case is the lack of school response to the allegations made about the coaches. Bell’s reasons for writing the song, as expressed in his testimony, were the complaints he had heard from female students at the school that they had been sexually harassed by the two coaches. Bell claimed that the reason he wrote a song rather than presenting this problem to administration was

Imagine being raped and no one can hear you scream for help. Imagine telling someone about the incident and no punishments were received. Meet Christy Brzonkala a freshman at Virginia Tech that was raped by two individuals. Ms. Brzonkala started off by going to state court to testify against Mr. Morrison and Mr. Crawford explaining to the judge and the people that those two gentlemen had sexual intercourse without giving them permission. Since the incident happened in Virginia, the case was held there and not in Pennsylvania. Mr. Morrison even admitted that he had sexual intercourse with her when she repeatedly stated “no”. The punishments Mr. Morrison and Mr. Crawford received were unacceptable and very disappointing. Mr. Morrison was only kicked out of the school and later was allowed to come back because of technical error that occurred. Mr. Crawford did not receive any punishment because he had an alibi, which resulted in him being innocent because there was not enough information on him. This led Ms. Bronzkala to go to federal court against Mr. Morrison and Virginia Tech because she claimed the school did not handle

One scary night, Jennifer was going through an event where her body was taken by force in the book, “Picking Cotton”. Would you be able to pick out a face from a line up? The biggest issue is putting together the puzzle pieces of the crime that took place when you’re the one who is experiencing the traumatic event. We all have been scared before but, if you really think about it do you really see the small details or the big picture? The law enforcement works hard to make sure common mistakes don’t take place during these investigations and assure we don’t send away the wrong person away for the crime. After, attending a seminar at Somerset Community College on February 7, 2017, we can now understand a little more about memory and how’s it’s processed during a traumatic event while also, learning about Jennifer’s story.

Trauma-Related Amnesia: A Window of Uncertainty in the Serial Podcast The malleability of memory is an enigma. While memory can be unpredictable at times, there remains an opportunity to manipulate the brain to extract memories. In court cases, however, extracting memories become problematic and challenging.

The author describes in her article that most often examples of repressed memories are brought out during or following

The study of creation of false memories has been a topic of interest since the 1930s when Bartlett (1932) conducted the first experiment on the topic. Though the results of this experiment were never replicated, they contributed greatly to research by distinguishing between reproductive and reconstructive memory (Bartlett 1932 as cited in Roediger & McDermott, 1995). Reproductive memory refers to accurate production of material from memory and is assumed to be associated with remembering simplified materials (e.g., lists). Reconstructive memory emphasizes the active process of filling in missing elements while remembering and is associated with materials rich in meaning (e.g., stories).

When something is so horrible that the mind needs to bury it deep within the subconscious as a defense mechanism, in order to cope (French, 2009). I believe that we cannot always trust repressed memories, because the subconscious is simply too confusing of a place to adequately navigate without some level of confusion. So, in the case of whether I believe that repressed memories alone can be trusted, I think that there needs to be some level of conscious memory or evidence to support the repressed memory itself. I began to have resurfacing of repressed memories of childhood abuse when I was around 25. I was around my uncle, and I was able to verify the abuse.

The article is about false memory. The researchers are trying to find out the effect of planting positive false memory in an individual. The authors of the article are; Cara Laney from University of Leicester, Erin K. Morris from University of California, Irvine, Daniel M. Bernstein from Kwantlen University College and University of Washington, Briana M. Wakefield from University of

The need for understanding the phenomenon of repressed memories is also very important from a legal standpoint. In recent years there has been numerous cases of people suing their parents or other authority figures for abuse that has been recalled many years after the abuse was said to have occurred. The rulings in these cases have often been controversial considering there is often not enough concrete or collaborative evidence to prove the accused to be guilty or innocent. The judge and jury are often forced to make a ruling that relies heavily on the testimonial of the accuser. This is very contentious considering there is not an accurate and reliable test to determine the validity of the accuser.

Given the aforementioned ability to produce false memories, recovered-memory therapy is not able to be confidently confirmed upon reproduction. Consider a scenario in which a patient has documentation that he or she was the subject of some traumatic event, but has no memory of the event. Because mere suggestions have the ability to alter memory in light of memory gaps, the uncovering of true details from cannot be determined as a successful recovered-memory therapy session. That is, because organically recovering a repressed memory cannot be distinguished from subconscious filling a memory gap with a detail that happens to be true, even experiments in which a patient produces true details from an event do not prevent obviously confirmatory

Do you think an experience can be so traumatizing that the brain pushes it into an inaccessible corner of the unconscious to later recall it years later? This concept on the mind is expressed as repressed memories. These are types of memories that are blocked unconsciously due to the high levels of stress experienced during the event. This theory on memories are based on the idea that even though the memory is repressed it is still affecting the individual in their conscious aspects of life. Repressed memories are often associated with childhood sexual abuse. This relies on the idea that these memories of sexual abuse can be brought up either in therapy or by the victim themselves years after the abuse. The concept of repressed memories has been a huge controversy in psychology from the beginning of time. Many people believe that repressed memories in regards to childhood sexual abuse are possible while others believe they can’t be as accurate as some people believe.

I screamed. I yelled... I heard two blows”(ChicagoTribune,1990) There was a division amongst psychologists and psychiatrists. Some believed that there was no physical evidence to show that Eileen’s recovered memory was true.

False memories have been the subject of many studies since Deese (1959) investigated their effects.