Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned

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Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned Author: Anna C. Salter  DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0802_2   Published in:  Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998 , pages 115 – 124  Abstract – In 1988 I began a report on the accuracy of expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases utilizing Ralph Underwager and Hollida Wakefield as a case study (Wakefield & Underwager, 1988). In response, Underwager and Wakefield began a campaign of harassment and intimidation, which included multiple lawsuits; an ethics charge; phony (and secretly taped) phone calls; and ad hominem attacks, including one that I was laundering federal grant monies. The harassment and intimidation failed as the author refused demands to retract. In addition, the lawsuits and ethics charges were dismissed. Lessons learned from the experience are discussed.

• Memory & FMS

• D.I.D. – M.P.D.
  • Evidence that Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD) is caused by Childhood Trauma
  • Sybil – Proof Sybil had MPD and it was caused by severe trauma
  • Basic Information on DID/MPD
  • The Etymological Antecedents of and Scientific Evidence for the Existence of Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Interview with Brian Moss: Qualities and Information Useful for a Therapist and a Client Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
  • Disinformation and DID: the Politics of Memory
• Data proving the existence of recovered memory, ritual abuse, mk-ultra and information on the backlash
• Recovered Memories and Dissociative Amnesia – Scientific Evidence and Accuracy Rates
• Memory & FMS
  • Recovered Memory Data
  • Recovered memory corroboration rates
  • False memory syndrome proponents tactics
  • Memory disturbances and dissociative amnesia in Holocaust survivors
  • The Alleged Ethical Violations of Elizabeth Loftus in the Case of Jane Doe
  • A Brief History of the False Memory Research of Elizabeth Loftus
  • The Neurological Basis for the Theory of Recovered Memory
  • Quotes: Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D.
  • Shanley recovered memory case
  • Notes from a practice under siege
  • Ralph Underwager
  • Paul McHugh
  • Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned
  • The Search for Satan – Fourteen Years Later
• Sexual Abuse
  • HOW CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE AFFECTS INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Clergy Abuse
• Rebuttals of “Satanic Panic” Theory and “False Memory Syndrome”
• False allegations of child sexual abuse by children are rare
• Parental Alienation Syndrome
• Leaving the Family System: An Honorable Choice

• Please use caution while reading all of these papers. Some of the information may be very heavy for survivors. If in doubt, download the page and wait to read it until you are with your therapist or a trusted support person.