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Scientific Status of Recovered Memories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin*
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Cognition, Emotion & Trauma Group, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 169 , Issue 2 , August 1996 , pp. 131 - 134
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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