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Feb. 7, 2014<\/p>\nFeb. 7, 2014<\/p>\n
A sampling of responses to the recent reporting and comments of\u00a0<\/em>Richard Noll<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Allen Frances<\/em><\/a>\u00a0about psychiatry\u2019s costly failure to reject the cult of \u201csatanic ritual abuse\u201d:<\/em><\/p>\n \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n \u201cKudos to Dr. Frances….\u00a0 Fortunately, repressed memory therapy is much rarer nowadays (though I still hear of new cases, to my amazement and chagrin), but where are the psychotherapists saying \u2018mea culpa\u2019? I know of precisely two therapists who have had the ethics and courage to go public and apologize for their misguided belief in repressed memories and the harm they did to their clients.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bad interviewing technique and rush to judgment that caused the day care sex abuse hysteria has simply morphed into individual cases of false allegations, often related to divorce\/custody battles or teenagers seeking revenge, and other reasons. Whenever anyone is accused of sexual abuse, they are assumed guilty until proven innocent. See www.ncrj.org for examples.<\/p>\n \u201cI am also very glad that Dr. Frances has called attention to the outrageous case of\u00a0Junior Chandler<\/a>. I hope pressure mounts to secure his release, finally.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013 Mark Pendergrast<\/p>\n \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for sending (Dr. Frances\u2019s post).\u00a0 Really good for my grad class with clinical students.\u201c<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Catherine Caldwell-Harris<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad Dr. Frances is speaking out \u2013 he has credentials that can’t be easily dismissed…<\/p>\n \u201cHow do we push for the total exoneration of those so needlessly prosecuted? I would join in that venture.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Moisy Shopper<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n \u201cHow unfortunate that journal editors refuse to get their hands dirty, even though their journals are already saddled with something dirty in their pasts.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013 W. Joseph Wyatt\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0\u00a0 \u25a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is hard to stir up interest in moral panics that have faded from view. Only a small number of individuals continue to take note. While most incarcerated individuals have some champions and have escaped continued imprisonment, there are always tragic cases of individuals who essentially become nonpersons.<\/p>\n \u201cThe good news is that the moral entrepreneurs are on the run at this point, but there are still some out there and the potential for trouble remains.\u201d<\/p>\n