| Description |
xv, 346 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Marc Galanter -- Psychotherapy of cult members / Paul Hamburg and David Hoffman -- Civil liberties, cults, and new religious movements : the psychiatrists's role / Paul C. Mohl -- Cults and new religious movements / Marc Galanter -- New religious movements in historical perspective / E. Mansell Pattison and Robert C. Ness -- Contemporary youth : their psychological needs and beliefs / Henry Work -- Life in the cults / Saul V. Levine -- Families of cult members : consultation and treatment / David A. Halperin -- Psychotherapeutic implications of new religious affiliation / Brock K. Kilbourne -- Psychological perspectives on cult leadership / Alexander Deutsch -- Persuasive techniques in contemporary cults : a public health approach / Louis Jolyon West. Religious cult membership : a sociobiologic model / Brant Wenegrat -- The psychology of induction : a review and interpretation / James T. Richardson -- Deprogramming (involuntary departure), coercion, and cults / J. Thomas Ungerleider and David K. Wellisch -- The civil liberties of religious minorities / Ted Bohn and Jeremiah S. Gutman -- Options for legal intervention / Richard Delgado -- Public reaction against new religious movements / David G. Bromley and Anson Shupe |
| Summary |
Presents the findings of a three-year study of cults and their members by the American Psychiatric Association |
| Analysis |
Cults Psychology |
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Cults United States |
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Deprogramming |
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Psychology, Religious |
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United States Religion 1960- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Cults -- Psychological aspects.
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Cults -- Psychology.
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Cults -- United States.
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Deprogramming.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Complementary Therapies.
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Religion and Psychology.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Religion -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140504
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| Author |
Galanter, Marc.
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American Psychiatric Association. Committee on Psychiatry and Religion.
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| LC no. |
88007817 |
| ISBN |
0890422125 |
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