Mental Health: Additional Resources

Readings

Priority resources in bold font.

• Clinical Bibliography

• SpiritualAbuseResources.com

• A Workshop for People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups. Kelley McCabe; Lorna Goldberg, MSW; Michael Langone, PhD; Kristen DeVoe, MSW . ICSA E-Newsletter. 6(1), 2007.

• An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What is It and How Does It Form? - Gillie Jenkinson, M.A. Cultic Studies Review , 7(3), 2008, 199-224. 

• Anti-Social Personality Disorder in Cult Leaders and Induction of Dependent Personality Disorder in Cult Members - John Burke, Ph.D.

• Attacks on Peripheral versus Central Elements of Self and the Impact of Thought Reforming Techniques. Richard Ofshe, PhD & Margaret Thaler Singer, PhD Cultic Studies Journal, 3(1), 1986, 4-18. 

• Being Mindful About Mindfulness: Exploring the Dark Side. Sue Parker Hall. International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation, 1, 2020, 17-28. 

• Born and Raised in a Sect: You are Not Alone. Lois Kendall.

• Child Protection in an Authoritarian Community: Culture Clash and Systemic Weakness. Livia Bardin, M.S.W.Cultic Studies Review, 4(3), 2005, 233-267. 

• Clinical Case Studies of Cult Members. Arthur Dole, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Journal, 12(2), 1995, 121-147. 

• Clinical Update on Cults. Michael Langone. Psychiatric Times, July 1996. 

• Counseling Former Cultists: The Brief Intermittent Development Therapy (BIDT) Approach. Steve K. D. Eichel. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 7, 2016, 1-14. 

• Cult Formation. Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. Cultic Studies Journal, 8(1), 1991, 1-6. 

• Cultic Abuse Recovery: Counseling Considerations. Rachel Oblak. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 10, 2019, 1-13. 

• Cults and Families. Doni Whitsett, Ph.D. & Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Review, 3(2), 2004. 

• Cults and Mental Health. Dubrow-Marshall, R. and Dubrow-Marshall, L. (2015). Cults and mental health (chapter 153) in Friedman, H. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second edition. Oxford: Academic Press (Elsevier), 393-401.

• Cults, Psychological Manipulation, and Society: International Perspectives - An Overview. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Journal, 18, 2001, 1-12. 

• Dallas Former-Member Support Group.  Doug Duncan. ICSA Today, 9(2), 2018, 8-9. 

• Diana, Leaving the Cult: Play Therapy in Childhood and Talk Therapy in Adolescence. Lorna Goldberg. International Journal of Cultic Studies (2) 2011, 33-43. 

• Domestic Abuse: Even the Judges are Getting it Wrong. Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Dubrow-Marshall, R. (04.04.17). The Conversation.

• Exit Counseling and the Decline of Deprogramming. Stephen A. Kent; Joseph P. Szimhart. Cultic Studies Review, 1(3), 2002, 241-291. 

• How Could Anyone Join a Cult?!! Maureen Griffo. 

• How to Talk Someone out of a Damaging Cult. Dubrow-Marshall, R., & Dubrow-Marshall, L. (02.12.16). The Conversation.

• ICSA Recovery Workshops: The Colorado Model. Carol Giambalvo; Rosanne Henry. ICSA Today, 1(1), 2010, 2-9. 

• Influence. Robert Cialdini. 

• Inner Experience and Conversion. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. Cultic Studies Review 2(2), 2003, 169-176. 

• Is Psychological Distress Among Former Cult Members Related to Psychological Abuse in the Cult? Maria Göransson and Rolf Holmqvist (43-54)

• Late Twentieth-Century Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Sects and Cults: Weston La Bare, Norman Cohn, & E. P. Thompson. Stephen Kent, International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation, 1, 2020, 29-46. 

• Leaving and Recovering From Cultic Groups and Relationships: Overview (Power Point). Michael Langone Ph.D. 

• Leaving Psychologically—Breaking the Confluential Trance. Gillie Jenkinson. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 10, 2019, 72-80. 

• Lessons Learned from SGAs About Recovery and Resiliency. Leona Furnari, MSW, LCSW & Rosanne Henry, MA. ICSA Today, 2(3), 2011, 2-9. 

• Manipulative Therapists.  Shirley Siegel.

• Marriage After the Cult.  Lorna Goldberg. ICSA Today, 4(2), 2013, 2-5. 

• Mediating to Settle Conflicts in Cultic Groups: Some Useful Methodologies - Raffaella Di Marzio (12-15) 

• Mental-Health Issues in Cult-Related Interventions.  J Paul Lennon, Joseph Szimhart, William Goldberg, and Daniel Shaw. ICSA Today, 6(2), 2015, 2-7. 

• On Using the Term "Cult."  Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq. and Michael D. Langone, PhD.

• Ostracism. Gill Harvey. ICSA Today, 11(3), 2020, 6-10. 

• Physical Child Abuse in Sects. Lois Kendall, PhD. ICSA Today, 2(2), 2011, pages. 

• Pitfalls To Recovery. Paul R. Martin, Ph.D. 

• Problems in the Referral of Cult Members.  John G. Clark, MD

• Psychiatric Association Statement on “Repressed” Memories of Abuse. Cult Observer, 11(4), 1994. 

• Psychological Abuse: Theoretical and Measurement Issues. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. 

• Psychologist Survey Regarding Cults. Edward A. Lottick, M.D. 

• Psychotherapy Cults. Margaret T. Singer, PhD, Maurice Temerlin, PhD, & Michael D. Langone, PhD. Cultic Studies Journal, 7(2), 1990, 101-125. 

• Questionnaire Study: Preliminary Report. Michael D. Langone, PhD. 

• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse. American Psychological Association. 

• Raised in Cultic Groups: The Impact on the Development of Certain Aspects of Character. Lorna Goldberg, MSW. Cultic Studies Review , 5(1), 2006, 1-28. 

• Reflections on Offering a Therapeutic Creative Arts Intervention With Cult Survivors: A Collective Biography.  Ailsa Parsons, Maria Kefalogianni, Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Richard Turner, Hailee Ingleton, Joanna Omylinska-Thurston, Scott Thurston, & Vicky Karkou,  Pages 47-60     Abstract     PDF of Article

• Reject the Wicked Man - Coercive Persuasion and Deviance Production: A Study of Conflict Management. Jerry Paul McDonald. Cultic Studies Journal, 4.2/5.1, 1987/88, 59-121. 

• Religious Conflict Resolution (Power Point). Michael Langone Ph.D. 

• Research on Destructive Cults. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. 

• Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution. David A. Halperin, M.D. 

• Ritual Abuse and Developmental Trauma: Application of the Triphasic Model of Trauma Treatment in the Case of “Sarah.” Cortny Stark. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 10, 2019, 41-52.

• Second-Generation Religious Cult Survivors: Implications for Counselors. Cyndi H. Matthews. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 8, 2017, 37-49. 

• Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups. A Collective of Women. Cultic Studies Journal, 14(1), 1997, 58-84. 

• Sex Therapy With Former Cult Members.  Steve K. D. Eichel. ICSA Today, 8(3), 2017, 2 - 5. 

• Some hazards of the Therapeutic Relationship. Jane W. Temerlin, MSW & Maurice K. Temerlin, PhD. Cultic Studies Journal, 3(2), 234-242. 

• Spiritual Harm in New Religions: Reflections on Interviews with Former Members of NRMs. Phillip Charles Lucas, PhD. Cultic Studies Review, 2(1), 2003, 30-37. 

• Spiritual Pain and Painkiller Spirituality: Issues of Spiritual Abuse, Religious Addiction, and Dependency in ISKCON. Diana Lorenz. 

• Stairway to Heaven: Treating Children in the Crosshairs of Trauma. Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D.; Maia Szalavitz. 

• The Colorado Model. Carol Giambalvo; Roseanne Henry. 

• The Definitional Ambiguity of "Cult" and ICSA's Mission.  Michael D. Langone.

• The Relational System of the Traumatizing Narcissist. Daniel Shaw. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 5, 2014, 4-11. 

• The Unique Characteristics of Postcult Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suggested Therapeutic Approaches. Dennis Patrick Healy. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 8, 2017, 60-70. 

• Thought Reform Exists: Organized, Programmatic Influence. Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D. The Cult Observer 11(6), 1994. 

• Thought reform programs and the production of psychiatric casualties. M. T. Singer & R. Ofshe. Psychiatric Annals.

• Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Daniel Shaw, CSW. Cultic Studies Review, 2(2), 2003, 101-129. 

• Treatment of Satanism. Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.; Herbert A. Nieburg. 

• Trouble in Paradise: Some Observations on Psychotherapy with New Agers. Steve & Linda Dubrow-Eichel.Cultic Studies Journal, 5(2), 1988, 177-192. 

• Undue Influence and Written Documents: Psychological Aspects. Margaret Thaler Singer, PhD. Cultic Studies Journal, 10(1), 1993, 19-32. 

• Vulnerable Characteristics. Robert Fellows, MTS. From Easily Fooled. Copyright Robert Fellows. 

• What is Hypnosis? 

• What Messages are Behind Today's Cults? Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D. Monitor of the American Psychological Association, May 1997, 14.

• When You’re Asked About Cults. Robert Fellows, MTS. From Easily Fooled. Copyright Robert Fellows. 

• Working with cult-affected families. M. D. Langone. Psychiatric Annals.