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Council on Scientific Affairs

JAMA. 1985;253(13):1918-1923.

Abstract
The Council finds that recollections obtained during hypnosis can involve confabulations and pseudomemories and not only fail to be more accurate, but actually appear to be less reliable than nonhypnotic recall. The use of hypnosis with witnesses and victims may have serious consequences for the legal process when testimony is based on material that is elicited from a witness who has been hypnotized for the purposes of refreshing recollection.

(JAMA 1985;253:1918-1923)

Author Affiliations
From the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, Chicago.

Footnotes
Resolution 5 (A-82), adopted unanimously by the House of Delegates on Dec 5, 1984, and referred by the Board of Trustees to the Council on Scientific Affairs, called upon the American Medical Association to "study the subject of refreshing recollection by the use of hypnosis of witnesses and victims of crime, and prepare a report on the present scientific status of this matter."

This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all of the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the views of scientific experts and reports in the scientific literature as of December 1984.

Reprint requests to Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610 (John C. Ballin, PhD).

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