Can purely psychological trauma lead to a complete blockage of autobiographical memories? This long-standing question about the existence of repressed memories has been at the heart of one of the most heated debates in modern psychology. These so-called memory wars originated in the 1990s, and many scholars have assumed that they are over. We demonstrate that this assumption is incorrect and that the controversial issue of repressed memories is alive and well and may even be on the rise. We review converging research and data from legal cases indicating that the topic of repressed memories remains active in clinical, legal, and academic settings. We show that the belief in repressed memories occurs on a nontrivial scale (58%) and appears to have increased among clinical psychologists since the 1990s. We also demonstrate that the scientifically controversial concept of dissociative amnesia, which we argue is a substitute term for memory repression, has gained in popularity. Finally, we review work on the adverse side effects of certain psychotherapeutic techniques, some of which may be linked to the recovery of repressed memories. The memory wars have not vanished. They have continued to endure and contribute to potentially damaging consequences in clinical, legal, and academic contexts.

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被压抑者的回归：长期被遗忘的创伤的持续存在和有问题的主张。

纯粹的心理创伤会导致自传体记忆的完全封锁吗？关于压抑记忆的存在这一长期存在的问题一直是现代心理学中最激烈争论之一的核心。这些所谓的记忆战争起源于 20 世纪 90 年代，许多学者认为战争已经结束。我们证明这种假设是不正确的，并且有争议的压抑记忆问题仍然存在，而且可能还在上升。我们回顾了来自法律案例的综合研究和数据，表明压抑记忆的话题在临床、法律和学术环境中仍然很活跃。我们发现，自 20 世纪 90 年代以来，临床心理学家对压抑记忆的信念程度不小 (58%)，而且这种信念似乎有所增加。我们还证明，在科学上有争议的解离性遗忘症概念（我们认为它是记忆抑制的替代术语）已经流行起来。最后，我们回顾了某些心理治疗技术的不良副作用的研究，其中一些可能与压抑记忆的恢复有关。内存战争并没有消失。它们继续在临床、法律和学术领域承受并造成潜在的破坏性后果。