The Telephone Information Sheet for the British False Memory Society (BFMS) has just been published in the appendix of an academic paper ( Felstead and Patihis 2025). The information sheet shows that people who rang up the BFMS to report that they they had been falsely accused, were asked specific questions such as whether the person accusing them had self-harmed and whether they were a feminist or not.
Telephone information sheet for the British False Memory Society
Telephone callers were also asked if the ”accuser” was religious or had an eating disorder. They were asked a mysterious question about CTH. I couldn´t figure out what this was at first, but then I worked out that it stood for, ”Courage to Heal” , which was a book that they thought brainwashed people into having false memories of abuse.
It was also a bit disconcerting that they were gleaning information about hospital units and previous mental health history, given they simultaneously asserted that their accusers had NO mental health history prioir to being brainwashed.
No such questions seem to have been asked about the person claiming to be accused. They were simply asked their occupation and how many children they had.
Reference
Felstead, K & Patihis, L. British False Memory Society: Caseload and details by year (1993 onwards). Journal of Legal and Criminal Psychology. Published online: 29 March 2025