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This article is an electronic version of an article originally
published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1991, Volume 8, Number 1, pages 46-60.
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Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution
David A. Halperin, M. D.
Abstract
Residential treatment centers give residents an opportunity to develop
psychologically within a close-knit, structured community. Certain psychological
and political processes, however, can on occasion lead residential treatment
centers to a cult-like culture of indoctrination and self-suppression rather
than a culture of self-awareness and education. Lifton's (1961) analysis of
totalistic systems is helpful in understanding how such an evolution can take
place. Specific examples of cultic residential treatment centers are discussed
to illustrate the processes under study.
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