Can lost memories of abuse be found in the brain? Can cognitive neuroscience illuminate the nature of traumatic memories? How reliable are delayed memories of child sexual abuse? As the controversy regarding repressed memory continues with rhetoric and angst, Trauma and Memory takes an in-depth look at the most current research on memory for traumatic events. Carefully edited and organized by Linda Meyer Williams and Victoria L. Banyard, this book contains state-of-the-art data in this controversial area. Trauma and Memory offers a forum for researchers who review cutting-edge research and theory, integrating multidisciplinary researchfindings in coherent treatment, legal, and social policies and practice. Trauma and Memory is a thought-provoking and outstanding addition to the extant literature and is an ideal resource for practitioners, academics, researchers, and advanced students in the fields of psychology, neurology, law, social work, medicine, public health, women′s studies, and child development.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: CLINICAL PRACTICE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN TRAUMA AND MEMORY Trauma, Memory and Clinical Practice - Lucy Berliner and John Briere Memory Research and Clinical Practice - Mary Harvey A Critique of Three Paradigms and a Framework for Psychotherapy with Trauma Survivors Individual Differences in Maltreated Children′s Memory and Suggestibility - Mitchell L Eisen et al General Memory Functioning at Pre- and Post-Treatment in Female Rape Victims with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Pallavi Nishith et al Remembering Trauma - Craig C Piers A Characterological Perspective Ethical Considerations in the Teaching of Trauma and Dissociation - Madelyn Miller Student Exposure and Unexpected Memory Memory Research and the Law - Jon R Conte Future Directions Remembering Incest - Joyce Sese Dorado The Complexities of this Process and Implications for Civil Statutes of Limitations PART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH AND MEMORIES OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS Memories for Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Functioning - Victoria L Banyard and Linda M Williams Findings on a Sample of Women and Implications for Future Research Bulimia Nervosa, PTSD and Forgetting - Timothy D Brewerton et al Results from the National Women′s Study Sexual Abuse History With and Without Self-Report of Memory Loss - Judith Sheiman Differences in Psychopathology, Personality and Dissociation Participation in Retrospective Child Sexual Abuse Research - Judy Martin et al Beneficial or Harmful? From Victim to Survivor - Susan Warner and Kathryn M Feltey Recovered Memories and Identity Transformation PART THREE: COGNITIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRAUMA AND MEMORY False Childhood Memories - Ira E Hyman Jr and Erica E Kleinknecht Research, Theory and Applications Memories of a Petrochemical Explosion - Tonya Schooler and Andrew Baum A Cognitive-Phenomenological Study of Intrusive Thoughts Seeking the Core - Jonathan W Schooler The Issues and Evidence Surrounding Recovered Accounts of Sexual Trauma Traumatic Memories Lost and Found - J Douglas Bremner Can Lost Memories of Abuse Be Found in the Brain? Neuropsychological Sequelae of Chronically Psychologically Traumatized Children - Laura Palmer et al Specific Findings in Memory and Higher Cognitive Functions Coping with Traumatic Stress Interferes with Memory of the Event - Robert C Drugan A New Conceptual Mechanism for the Productive Effects of Stress Control Can Cognitive Neuroscience Illuminate the Nature of Traumatic Childhood Memories? - Daniel L Schachter, Wilma Koutstaal and Kenneth A Norman PART FOUR: EVIDENCE AND CONTROVERSIES IN UNDERSTANDING MEMORIES FOR TRAUMATIC EVENTS Traumatic Memory Characteristics - Mary P Koss et al A Cross-Validated Mediational Model of Response to Rape among Employed Women Defense Styles of Women Who Have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse - Sarah Romans, Judy L Martin and Elanor M Morris A Comparative Community Study Toddlers Remember Quake Trauma - Anait Azarian et al Stability and Fluctuation of Veterans′ Reports of Combat Exposure - Barbara L Niles et al True Lies, False Truths and Naturalistic Raw Data - Richard P Kluft Applying Clinical Research Findings to the False Memory Debate The Sociopolitical Context of the Delayed Memory Debate - Connie Kristiansen et al