WHEN LOCAL PSYCHIATRIST Dr. Diane Bay Humenansky was hauled into court the summer of 1995 ("Spellbound," 8/23/95), experts maintain it marked the beginning of the end for the "recovered memory" movement. Since that day, courts have gone after other psychiatric professionals who promoted such beliefs as the widespread existence of satanic cults, individuals' ability to "repress" horrific memories that could be "recovered" through hypnosis, and the commonality of Multiple Personality Disorders (MPD) among the general population. Bennet Braun and Colin Ross, MPD gurus and founders of a slew of MPD treatment clinics, are being sued for malpractice by numerous patients. Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Judith Herman, author and leader of the recovered-memory movement, recently pleaded no contest to charges of improperly prescribing drugs, and Humenansky--following two multimillion-dollar judgments--settled out of court with nine additional plaintiffs and recently had her medical... More >>>