Memory Quest Trauma and the Search for Personal History [Hardcover]

Controversies around memory, such as the issue of so-called recovered memories of abuse, are considered within a broad context that recognizes that accuracy of such memories is not an absolute. The final chapters deal specifically with the access and use of memories in psychotherapy.This book is about autobiographical memory and personal history, with aspecial focus on the impact of trauma on several levels ofinformation-processing and memory organization.