The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

News Reports Index

1995




http://nzmera.50megs.com/wpr95.html
as reported in COSA Newsletter Vol 2 No 3 April 1995

Memories triggered by events
The Press, 1 Mar 1995

Crown psychiatrist Karen Zelas claimed that victims use "dissociation and denial" to protect themselves.

She stated that denial of memories of a traumatic event may effect the process of memory retrieval until such time as the person feels secure enough to do so or is triggered by later events.