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A Collective of Women: "Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups" - abstract
Asser, Seth & Swan, Rita: "Child Fatalities from Religion-Motivated Medical Neglect" - abstract
Bardin, David, Esq.: "Meditation, Delusion and Deception"
Barker, Eileen, Ph.D.: "Harm and New Religious Movements" - abstract
Betz, Katherine: "No Place to Go: Life in a Prison Without Bars" - abstract
Brundage, Sandy: "Warning: Meditating May Be Hazardous to Your Health"
Burke, John, Ph.D.: "Antisocial Personality Disorder in Cult Leaders and Induction of Dependent Personality Disorder in Cult Members"
Center for Inquiry International Transnational
Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
Dole, Arthur A., Ph.D.: "harm and NRMs: Perspectives from Psychology" - abstract
Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D.: Dysfunctional Churches
Garden, Mary: "The Potential for Abuse in the Guru-Disciple Relationship"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Post-Cult Problems"
Goski, Patricia: "Grief, Loss, and the Former Cult Member"
Kent, Stephen & Hall, Deana: "Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family" - abstract
Kent, Stephen, Ph.D.: "Lustful Prophet: A Psychosexual Historical Study of the Children of God's Leader, David Berg" - abstract
Kent, Stephen, Ph.D.: "Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual Exploitation of Women in Cults" - abstract
Langone, Michael Ph.D.: "Cults and Violence"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Cults, Conversion, Science, & Harm
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Cults, Psychological Manipulation, and Society
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Harm and NRMs: Introduction" - abstract
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "New Religions and Public Policy"
Lucas, Phillip, Ph.D.: "Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members" - Abstract
MacDonald, Gordon, Rev.: "Disciple Abuse" - abstract
MacDonald, Jerry: "'Reject the Wicked Man': Coercive Persuasion and Deviance Production - abstract
Martin, Paul, Ph.D. et al.: "Post-Cult Symptoms as Measured by the MCMI Before and After Treatment" - abstract
Martin, Paul, Ph.D.: "Pitfalls To Recovery"
Masis, Katherine: "Compassion Betrayed: Spiritual Abuse in an American Zen Center" - abstract
McKibben, Jodi et al.: "Are Cultic Environments Psychologically Harmful?" - abstract
Meikle, Jessie: "Imposed Anorexia: A Model of Dietary Restriction in Four Ideological Groups" - abstract
Problems Ex-Members and Families
Reimers, Adrian J.: "Charismatic Covenant Community: A Failed Promise" - abstract
Reimers, Adrian, Ph.D.: "More than the Devil's Due" - abstract
Robbins, Thomas, Ph.D.: "Objectionable Aspects of Cults: Rhetoric and Reality"
Ryan, Patrick: "Mass Suicides Timeline"
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (SRAM)
Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice (SRMHP)
Singer, Margaret Thaler, Ph.D.: "Post-Cult After Effects"
Swartling, Gundrun & Swartling, Per: "Psychiatric Problems in Ex-Members of Word of Life" - abstract
Szimhart, Joseph: "Understanding Eastern Groups"
Temerlin, Jane & Temerlin, Maurice, Ph.D.: "Some Hazards of the Therapeutic Relationship" - abstract
Tydings, Judith: "Shipwrecked in the Spirit: Implications of Some Controversial Catholic Movements" - abstract

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Academy of Dundee Ranch/Worldwide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools: “Tough-Love” Reform Schools Criticized

Academy of Dundee Ranch/Worldwide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools: “Tough-Love” Reform Schools Criticized

Allen Harrod/Child Abuse: Harrod Followers Arrested

Anne Hamilton-Byrne/The Family: Ex-Follower Ties Drug Use to Membership

Cascade Center for Growth: Death by Water Punishment

Child Abuse: Child Advocacy Award

Child Abuse: Children Kept in Cells at Islamic School

Child Abuse: Claims Freedom of Religion Allows Marriage to Children

Child Abuse: Guilty Pleas in Neglect Case

Child Abuse: Religious Justification

Clinical and Diagnostic Issues of Cultism: Group Dependence Disorder

Commentary on Borawick v Shay--Hypnosis, Social Influence, Incestuous Child Abuse and Satanic Ritual Abuse

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Death of a Moonie: Reflections of a "Blessed Child"

Falun Gong: Claim Dissidents Abused in Psychiatric Clinics

Former pastor charged with child rape

God’s Creation Outreach Ministry: Mother Pleads Guilty in Death of Son

Harm and NRMs: Perspectives from Psychology

Harm and NRMs: Perspectives from Religious Studies, Sociology, and Psychology - Introduction

House of Prayer: Leader Arrested

Information Disease

Information for people considering studying under Wayne Geis can make an informed decision.

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Story of “Shunning”

Kitsap Co. pastor pleads guilty to child rape

Kitsap pastor pleads guilty to raping girls in congregation

Krishna Children Found Dead in Refrigerator – Activist Comments

Malnutrition in Cults – II

New Life Tabernacle: Ariel Ben Sherman Accused of Child Abuse

No Place to Go: Life in a Prison without Bars

Nuwaubians: Leader Sued for Alleged Child Abuse

Nuwaubians: Nuwaubian Leader Held on Child Sexual Abuse Charges

One Woman's Account of Abuse Leads to Rape Charges for SK Pastor

Order of St. Charbel: “Pope”-To-Be Charged with Sex Offenses

Order of St. Charbel: “Pope”-To-Be Charged with Sex Offenses

Pastor accused of child rape ruled with an iron hand

Pastor guilty of child abuse

Portos: Commune Leaders Sentenced on Firearms and Whipping charges

Psychological Abuse

Psychological Abuse Scale

Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Psychological Maltreatment in Children and Adolescents

Psychotherapy With Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary

Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups: A Partial Model

Seek Ruling on Religious Exemption

SK Pastor in Custody; Five Make Sex Abuse Allegations

Sleep Deprivation

Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs

Study Reveals Cultic Group’s Abuses: Boston Church of Christ/International Churches of Christ Movement

The Cult Experience and Its Effects

The Family (Winifred Wright): “Brainwashing” Alleged

The Family: Guilty of Child Endangerment

The Psychobiology of Trauma and Child Maltreatment

Two More Victims Come Forward as SK Pastor Appears on Sex Charges

Winifred Wright/Child Abuse: Judge Allows Bail for “Deprogramming” Time

Winifred Wright/Child Abuse: Prison Term for Starvation Death

Word of Faith Fellowship: Abuse Detailed

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