Lief Harold I
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson Medical University; Past-president, American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 1967-68.
Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2022 Spring;50(1):116-128. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2022.50.1.116.
The controversy in the mental health community over recovered memory has been heated. The devastation to families falsely accused of incest has been profound. A fortunate consequence, however, has been the vigorous pursuit of answers to a variety of mind-behavior questions raised by the controversy. In this article I raise some of the important questions and in reply I review and summarize some of the data. Some questions deal with the nature of memory and of unconscious processes, especially the role of implicit memory; the techniques of recovered memory therapy and the evolution of pseudo-memories and its relevance to clinical practice; the effects, real and alleged, of trauma; the place of dreams, flashbacks, and repetitive patterns of behavior in the understanding of memory and behavior; and finally, questions dealing with the definition of reality. All of these are important issues for the psychoanalyst.
心理健康领域围绕恢复记忆的争议一直很激烈。对被错误指控乱伦的家庭造成的破坏是巨大的。然而，一个幸运的结果是，人们积极地寻求争议所引发的各种心理与行为问题的答案。在本文中，我提出一些重要问题，并在回应中回顾和总结一些数据。一些问题涉及记忆和无意识过程的本质，尤其是内隐记忆的作用；恢复记忆疗法的技术以及伪记忆的演变及其与临床实践的相关性；创伤的真实和所谓的影响；梦、闪回和重复行为模式在理解记忆和行为中的地位；最后是关于现实定义的问题。所有这些对精神分析学家来说都是重要问题。
