False memory syndrome

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In psychology, false memory syndrome (FMS) was a proposed "pattern of beliefs and behaviors" in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by false memories of psychological trauma, recollections which are strongly believed by the individual, but contested by the accused. FMS is not listed as a psychiatric illness in any medical manuals including the ICD-11, or the DSM-5. False memory syndrome was proposed to be the result of recovered memory therapy, a scientifically discredited form of therapy intended to recover memories. Originally conceptualized by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, the organization sought to understand what they understood as a general pattern of behaviors that followed after a patient underwent recovered memory therapy and to come up with a term to explain the pattern. The most influential figure in the genesis of the theory is psychologist Elizabeth Loftus. The principle that individuals can hold false memories and the role that outside influence...

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