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I am sure I have read where some psychiatrists say recovered memory syndrome is totally made up. I have also read of several cases where it was determined that the memories were purposely implanted by social workers and the woman then thinks they are true.

I wonder what the profession as a whole thinks of it? Do they still accept it or is it officially no longer considered valid?

The "Recovered Memory Syndrome" grew out of the sex abuse hysteria of the late '80's and '90's. It was generated by a series of fictional efforts marketed as reality. "Sybil" and "Michelle Remembers" are two such fraudulent books. Many more followed. It spread virally among social workers as well as more highly trained members of the psychology and psychiatry professions. It acquired a level of credibility when the malignant "Courage to Heal" was promulgated by the militant lesbian and man-hating "Counselor" community.

Reality has mostly caught up with these unethical perpetrators, virtually the entire cascade of travesties has been discredited, including the "satanic day care scare," and whole platoons of scurrilous harmdoers have been sued and driven from the professions.

The authors of most of the influential "professional" books on this subject from that era, and the practitioners they misled, are now in other lines of work. You can check the website of FMSF for archival details.

Sadly, like any urban legend, these primitive sexual projections die hard, and especially in Great Britain, which is a generation behind us in these matters, it still has some legs.

In short, any "therapist" who would try to pull this crap in the US today is flirting with losing her license and a malpractice lawsuit to boot.