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Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2003

 

Clinical and Diagnostic Issues of Cultism: Group Dependence Disorder

Miguel Perlado


Abstract

This paper reviews some diagnostic proposals on the clinical complexity of cults. The diagnostic criteria of group dependence disorder employed in the therapeutic service of Attention and Research on Social Addictions (Attention e Investigación de Socioadicciones - AIS) are introduced. A psychoanalytically based psychopathological model derived from the research is also presented.

 

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