In The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse, experts in the field offer balanced, carefully considered advice on approaches therapists can use when patients report they have experienced ritual abuse. These qualified clinicians explain and demonstrate their techniques and offer caveats against accepting a patient's recollections at face value. Additional chapters deal with psychological and pharmacological treatment programs that have helped patients whether the reports of abuse were accurate, symbolic, or false. Several illustrations vividly depict the types of abuse that therapists will hear from these patients.

Fraser, George A., MD, FRCPC (Univ of Ottawa)The contributors represent the specialties of psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychology. Most are from universities and hospitals in the U.S., the Netherlands, and Canada. Institutions prominently represented include Del Amo Hospital, UCLA, Harvard, and Univ of Utrecht.

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