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FMSF

Also known as: FMS Foundation, False Memory Syndrome Foundation

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State of New Hampshire Supreme Court, Hungerford v. Morahan fmsfonline.org Thomas A. Pavlinic · False Memory Syndrome Foundation 6 facts

measurementThe FMSF Legal Survey of 213 trial-level lawsuits found that over 40 percent of claimants alleged ongoing abuse lasting over a 10-year period, with all memory of the abuse claimed to have been lost.

measurementThe FMSF Legal Survey of 213 trial-level lawsuits found that approximately one-third of claimants alleged recovered memories of abuse from prior to age 3.

claimA. Lipton presented a paper titled 'Status of lawsuits' at the 'Memory and Reality: Reconciliation' joint conference of the FMS Foundation and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 9-11, 1994.

referenceM. Rogers presented survey results regarding therapist personal background, experience, knowledge base, and attitudes at the 'Memory and Reality: Emerging Crisis' FMSF Conference.

measurementThe FMSF Legal Survey of 213 trial-level lawsuits found that nearly one-quarter of claimants alleged repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse spanning at least 14 years.

claimThe FMS Foundation maintains an Advisory Board, the members of which are listed in Appendix 1 of the Hungerford v. Morahan amicus brief.