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The "Experts" Debunked

"Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we're not sure that we're most sure."
-- Reinhold Nieber


Ellen Bass  The Courage to Heal Debunked on this site.
Stanley Berent, Ph.D., University of Michigan's Institutional Review Board
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism
John Bradshaw  Michael Yapko, Ph.D. on John Bradshaw and our culture of victimhood and blame.
 Protest flier for the "Homecoming" seminar.
Bennett Braun, M.D.
(license surrendered!)
(expelled from American Psychiatric Association!)
(expelled from Illinois 
Psychiatric Society!)
 Compilation:  Bennett Braun in the FMSF Newsletter
 Bennett Braun in the Cavalcade Productions tape on ritual abuse.
  Complaint of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation against Bennett Braun.
John Briere, Ph.D.  The Appendix "Three Papers" from Making Monsters.
David Calof  Calof's sworn deposition in which he demonstrates the limits of his knowledge under oath.
 Protest flier from his speech at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Jon Conte, Ph.D.  The Appendix "Three Papers" from Making Monsters.
David Corwin, M.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism
Laura Davis  The Courage to Heal Debunked on this site.
Paul Ekman, Ph.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2
Juan Fernandez III, M.D. press release: $850,000 jury award against Juan Fernandez
Renee Fredrickson, Ph.D.
(practice restricted!)
 Psychologist accused of planting false abuse memories in patient (5 Apr 97)
 Press Release:  Renee Fredrickson Settles Malpractice Lawsuit for $175,000 (19 June 1998)
BEFORE THE MINNESOTA BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY: STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER In the Matter of Renee Fredrickson, Ph.D., L.P. (7 May 1999)
amended stipulation and consent order (17 September 1999) -- specifies that Fredrickson may practice only under supervision and must get therapy from a Board-specified psychologist
Corydon Hammond, Ph.D.  Compilation: Corydon Hammond in the FMSF Newsletter
 Corydon Hammond in the Cavalcade Productions tape on ritual abuse.
Judith Herman, M.D.  The Appendix "Three Papers" from Making Monsters.
Dean David Hodge, University of Washington
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism
Diane Humenansky, M.D.
(license suspended!)
 Jury awards patient $2.6 million; Verdict finds therapist Humenansky liable in repressed-memory trial  (1 Aug 95)
  Board suspends license of psychiatrist Diane Humenansky (8 Feb 97)
Gloria Keraga, M.D.  Gloria Keraga was recently tried in Houston on criminal charges of mail fraud, insurance fraud, and knowingly misdiagnosing MPD.  The trial unfortunately ended in a mistrial due to juror contamination. Read about it at  FMSFonline.org.
Richard P. Kluft, M.D.  Richard Kluft in the Cavalcade Productions tape on ritual abuse.
Stephen Lindsay, Ph.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2
Erna Olafson, Ph.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism
Judith Peterson, Ph.D.  Judith Peterson was recently tried in Houston on criminal charges of mail fraud, insurance fraud, and knowingly misdiagnosing MPD. The trial unfortunately ended in a mistrial due to juror contamination. Read about it at  FMSFonline.org.
 Want to see how Judith Peterson, Ph.D. (mis)treats her patients? Read these online transcripts of her therapy sessions that became public during the course of the trial. (Note: Peterson continues to practice today, and her licensing board has done nothing.)
Elva Poznanski, M.D.
(forced to resign position!)
"State probe targets 2nd psychiatrist," Chicago Tribune, 9/30/98.
Complaint filed by Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.
According to a 6/10/99 article in the Daily Herald, in a deal worked out with the State of Illinois, Dr. Elva Poznanski agreed to testify against Dr. Braun and Roberta Sachs and to resign as head of the child psychiatry section at Rush.
Frank Putnam, M.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2
Roberta Sachs, Ph.D.  Compilation: Roberta Sachs in the FMSF Newsletter
 Roberta Sachs in the Cavalcade Productions tape on ritual abuse.
Emily Schatzow, Ph.D.  The Appendix "Three Papers" from Making Monsters.
Jonathan Schooler, Ph.D.
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2
John Slattery, Ph.D, University of Washington's ill-named "Office of Scientific Integrity" Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism
Mark Stephenson, Ph.D.  "False memory syndrome: As women bring lawsuits, therapists are having to pay for their mistakes."
Lauren Stratford   Satan's Sideshow: The True Lauren Stratford Story from Cornerstone.
  Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor (Lauren Stratford meets Binjamin Wilkomirski: two hoaxes for the price of one!)
  Contradictions in Lauren’s stories
Nicole Taus, a.k.a. "Jane Doe"
Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case Study: Part 1 and Part 2, and The High Cost of Skepticism. Nicole Taus has since filed a groundless lawsuit against Elizabeth Loftus, Guyer, Carol Tavris, the University of Washington, Shapiro Investigation, the Skeptical Inquirer, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP, the publisher of Skeptical Inquirer), thus making her name and identity as the psudonymous "Jane Doe" a matter of public record.
Binjamin Wilkomirski
(Fragments withdrawn by publisher!)
  Recovered Memories and the Holocaust by Mark Pendergrast. (Discussion of claimed "recovered memories" of the Holocaust in Fragments.)
  "Die Geliehene Holocaust-Biographie: The Purloined Holocaust Biography" by Daniel Ganzfried, translated from the German by Katherine Quimby Johnson. (English translation of the original German article which exposed Fragments as a hoax.)
  Mark Pendergrast's letter to the editor of the New Yorker in response to Philip Gourevitch's article "The Memory Thief."
  Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor (Lauren Stratford meets Binjamin Wilkomirski: two hoaxes for the price of one!)
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. "Junk Science Invades Psychiatry" by Martha Churchill, J.D.
Linda Williams, Ph.D.  The Appendix "Three Papers" from Making Monsters.

 
 

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