CHILDHOOD SCREEN MEMORIES - ARE THEY FORGOTTEN

In the past few years, much has been written on childhood sexual abuse . However, there is an absence of any mention of screen memories. Freu d introduced the term ''screen memory'' in 1899. He repeatedly returne d to the subject of childhood memories and concluded all childhood mem ories are ''screen memories'' and as such, ''show us our earliest year s not as they were but as they appeared in later years when the memori es were recovered.'' Childhood memories are important in what they rev eal and what they hide, and most important is the affect, not the even t.