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David Halperin, M.D.

 

Dr. David Halperin, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Medical School, died peacefully on December 3, 2003 at the age of 69. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia Medical School, Dr. Halperin, in addition to being a published poet, was the editor of Psychodynamic Perspectives on Religion, Sect, and Cult, as well as many articles on cults. A long-time board member of ICSA/AFF, Dr. Halperin contributed a number of articles to Cultic Studies Journal, including "The Dark Underside: Cultic Misappropriation of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis" and "Cults and Children: the Abuse of the Young" (with Arnold Markowitz, M.S.W.).

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Halperin, David & Markowitz, Arnold: "Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution" - abstract
Halperin, David A., M.D.: "Psychoanalysis and Cult Affiliation: Clinical Perspectives" - abstract
Halperin, David A., M.D.: "Training Issues for Cult Treatment Programs" - abstract
Halperin, David, M.D.: "Cults and Children: The Role of the Psychotherapist" - abstract
Halperin, David, M.D.: "The Appeal of the Impossible and the Efflorescence of the Unbelievable" - abstract
Halperin, David, M.D.: "The Dark Underside: Cultic Misappropriation of psychiatry and Psychoanalysis" - abstract

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