Repressed Memories
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus is skeptical about cases in which people claim to recall horrific experiences that they've previously repressed. "I believe in many instances they are a product of suggestion, imagination and som...
Family Violence: Abuse Against Children
Children who live in homes where domestic violence is occurring are 15 times more likely to be physically abused or neglected themselves. DHHS receives approximately 3 million reports of child maltreatment each year, the majority for child neglect....
Advising Therapists
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus says that the problem with some therapists is that they have a sexual abuse agenda. Dr. Loftus advises therapists who have a hypothesis not to limit their inquiry to that alone, "...or the patien...
Behind Closed Doors: Unhealthy Family Environment
Children who have been victims of abuse--emotional, physical, sexual--grow up to spread that violence. Children who come from violent homes also have a higher risk of alcohol and drug abuse and juvenile delinquency..