FALSE-MEMORY SYNDROME

false-memory syndrome.The supposed recovery of memories of traumatic or stressful

episodes that did not actually occur, often in session with a mental-health therapist. • This term is

most frequently applied to claims by adult children that repressed memories of prolonged and

repeated child sexual abuse, usu. by parents, have surfaced, even though there is no independent

evidence to substantiate the claims. Cf. REPRESSED-MEMORY SYNDROME.[Blacks Law 8th]