Book Reviews & Media Mentions
of Betrayal Trauma

Editions

Freyd, J. J. (1996). Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of forgetting childhood abuse. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Book Awards

Winner of the 1997 Pierre Janet Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing from the International Society for the Study of Dissociation

Recipient of a 1997 Distinguished Publication Award given by the Association for Women in Psychology

Reviews of Betrayal Trauma

(1996). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Kirkus Reviews, LXIV(21), 1579.

(1997). Bookshelf [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Oregon Quarterly, Spring, 10.

(1997). Lights out: Psychology professor Jennifer Freyd's new book examines the need to forget [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Cascade: Alumni newsletter of the College of Arts and Sciences, pp. 11.

Baker, D. (2000) [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse] The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 21 (3).

Bickerton, D. (1997, January 26). Memory's secret places: Victims of childhood sex abuse have good reasons to forget it [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. New York Times Book Review, pp. 20.

Black, A. E. (1998). Betrayal Trauma [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Psychiatric Services, 49(9), 1240-1241.

Brenneis, C. B. (1997). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Psychoanalytic Books: A Quarterly Journal of reviews, 448-452.

Briere, J. (1998). Trauma, memory and betrayal. [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Contemporary Psychology, 43(6), 408-409.

Bullough, V. L. (1997). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. CHOICE, 34(8).

Cassell, F. (1997, March 2). Northwest bound: A review of books from the Northwest [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. The Register Guard.

Fire, M.. (1999) [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Massage Therapy Journal, 37 (4), 122.

Fraser, S. (1997, January 25, 1997). Abuse wars: Whose memory matters. Toronto Globe and Mail, pp. D 14.

Fraser, S. (1997, February/May 1997). Abuse wars: Whose memory matters [reprint in AATD]. Australian Association of Trauma and Dissociation, pp. 14-15.

Geier, P.J. (1999) Book Review [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 27 (3), 501-502.

Golding, J. M. (1997). Book Review [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Child maltreatment, 2(4), 362-364.

Green, S. (1997, Sunday, February 23). Answering skeptics of a psychological phenomena [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. The Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. Q3.

Grinfeld, M. J. (1997). Memory theories still abound: Psychiatrists suffer huge verdicts in retractor suits [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Psychiatric Times, April, 58.

Heltzel, E. E. (1997, March 2, 1997). Betrayal trauma. Oregonian.

Herman, J.L. (1999), [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 794-795.

James, J. (1997, February 16, 1997). Advice column. Seattle Times.

Kluft, R. P. (1997). Recovered memory [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(10), 854-855.

Kluft, R. P. (1997). A truce in the memory wars? Book recognizes true and "false memories" of abuse [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. The Pennsylvania Gazette, April, 38-39.

Laframboise, D. (1997, February 15, 1997). You must remember this: Author betrays own criteria in study of recovered memory. Montreal Gazette, pp. 12.

Landsberg, M. (1997, February 8, 1997). Child's horrors more than just a bad dream. Toronto Star.

Mason, P. (1997). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. The Post-Traumatic Gazette, 2(5), 5.

Mollon, P. (1997). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Clinical Psychology Forum, 106, 36.

Morrow, S.L. (1998) [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Women & Therapy, 21 (4), 107-109.

Palanuk, A. (1997, March 14, 1997). Freyd examines trauma, memory. Oregon Daily Emerald, pp. 4.

Spiegel, D. (1998). [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 40(3), 249-250.

Vargo, B. (1997). Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. The Journal of Psychohistory, 25(1), 98.

Yaar, I. Y. (1997, June 6). The author was a victim of abuse [Review of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Ma'ariv Daily Newspaper.

Selected Non-Review Media Mentions of Betrayal Trauma

(1997, March 1997). Betrayal trauma mention. SciTech book news.

(1997, October 31, 1997). In the spotlight: BT mention. News and views: Faculty and staff newsletter of the University of Oregon.

(1997). SAS publications: BT mention. Penn arts and sciences, Winter 1997, 11.

Ayoub, N. C. (1997). New scholarly books. The chronicle of higher education(February 7, 1997).

Freyd, J. J. (1997). Betrayal trauma: Author's Note. From the center and margins: Newsletter of the University of Oregon Center for the Study of Women in Society., 16.

Fried, S. (1996, December 1996). Can't stop remembering. Philadelphia, pp. 45.

Romo, C. (1997, September 22, 1997). 'Recovered memory' faces a total recall. Los Angeles Daily Journal, pp. 1 & 4.

Schrof, J. M. (1997, January 27, 1997). Questioning Sybil: Being a multiple is chic. But does the illness exist? (See Sidebar) U.S. News and World Report, 122, 66-68.

Excerpts of Betrayal Trauma

Freyd, J. J. (1997). A near miss [Excerpt of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Oregon Quarterly, Summer, 10-13.

Freyd, J. J. (1998). Commentary: Context and controvery [Excerpt of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse]. Moving Forward Online, 4(1), Available: http://movingforward.org/mfv4n1jjf.shtml.

Freyd, J. J. (1999). Section ( pp 111-118) [Excerpt of the book Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse] in J. Hurley, (Ed). Child Abuse, Greenhaven Press.

See also

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