On (23 Apr 95) Preston Elizarde wrote to All...
 PE> I am doing a research project on FMS in Child Abuse cases.  I was
 PE> wondering 
 PE> does anyone have any information on this.
 You can contact the False Memory Syndrome Foundation at:
        3401 Market Street, Suite 130
        Philadelphia, PA 19104
        (215) 387-1865
        Email: pjf@saul.cis.upenn.edu
 PE> For example a boy was asked by a psychologist if he had ever been to the
 PE> doctors for having his finger get hurt by a mouse trap.  He was asked
 PE> several times this.  After a while he started forming a story.  At the 
end
 PE> he actually was convinced that his brother and him were playing in the
 PE> attic when he got his left hand stuck in a mouse trap and they had to 
call
 PE> 911 for help!  He was then rushed to a hospital and given a shot in the
The above study was by Psychologist Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck titled:
        "Suggestibility of the Child Witness: A Historical Review and
        Synthesis" 1993. Vol. 113. No. 3, Page 403-439 of The
        Psychological Bulletin.
On 10/22/93 ABC's program "20-20" devoted half the program to Ceci's study.
 PE> So if anyone has information on this topic or has any feed to give me
 PE> dealing with this topic please contact me either here if appropriate or
 PE> through Netmail at 1:325/209.
By far, the best book I'm seen regarding False Accusations of Child Abuse
is by Dr. Richard Gardner.  The title is: True and False Accusations
of Child Sexual Abuse. You can order it from Dr. Gardner's Pub Co.
Creative Therapeutics at (800) 544-6162. It's 500 pages and sells for $45.00.
IMO True and False Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse is REQUIRED reading
for anyone involved in a false accusation of child sex abuse. Just 
the list of studies and bibliography alone is worth $45.00.
Good Luck
George
... ... Prozac, Some days you feel like a nut, some days you are.
--- PPoint 1.92
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