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...book, which suggests that alien abductions may be real, catapulted Mack--a psychiatrist at Cambridge Hospital--into the national spotlight and onto the talk show circuit...
...such patients a year. About half are from North America-usually the U.S.-and the rest come mainly from Western Europe; cases are equally split between Christians and Jews (the city's few Muslim tourists have so far managed to keep their wits intact). According to Moshe Kalian, a psychiatrist at Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem Syndrome may be set off by the thrill of visiting a place previously known only as a sublime dream-"like a movie-star fan who suddenly gets to kiss his idol." Or sufferers may fall victim to the disappointment of discovering that Jerusalem is also...
...notes Dr. Lenore Terr of the University of California, San Francisco. Similarly, she argues, extreme traumas can be more deeply buried than other memories. "This may seem counter-intuitive to the lay person, who thinks 'If something terrible happens, I will always remember it,' " says Dr. Judith Herman, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. "But these memories seem to be laid down in an altered state of consciousness...
Without corroborating evidence, Loftus says, an accurate memory cannot be distinguished from an imagined one. But therapists often feel that it is not their job to judge their patients' credibility. That's a mistake, says Dr. Paul McHugh, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Medical School. "By not making an attempt to find additional confirmation for what the patient is telling you, you are ultimately saying that you believe the patient simply because the patient's feelings are so intense," he says. And yet, he adds, "feelings can mislead...
...psychiatrist said Grant may have used anauto-accident response as a "stock answer" toinquiries about her mother's death...