recovered memory

recovered memory
The remembrance of traumatic childhood events, usually involving sexual abuse, many years after the events occurred.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


recovered memory
The remembrance of traumatic childhood events, usually involving sexual abuse, many years after the events occurred.

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