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Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects

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A Collective of Women: "Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups" - abstract
Amway classics sound bytes
Amway: The Untold Story
Andron, Sandy, Ed.D.: "Problem Solving An Approach for the Cult-Impacted Family"
Bardin, David, Esq.: "Meditation, Delusion and Deception"
Best of the Forum
Conference 2005 Madrid: "Coping With Triggers"
Conference 2005 Madrid: "Mini-Workshop for Ex-Members – I"
Crawley, Kevin et al.: "Reintegration of Exiting Cult Members with Their Families" - abstract
Cult Awareness and Information Centre - link
Cult Information Network
Eichel, Steve K.D. & Dubrow-Marshalll, Linda: "Trouble in Paradise: Some Observations on Psychotehrapy with New Agers" - abstract
Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D.: Dysfunctional Churches
Ford, Wendy: "Recovery From Abusive Groups"
Furnari, Leona: "Born or Raised in Closed, High-Demand Groups or Cults: Developmental Issues"
Garden, Mary: "The Potential for Abuse in the Guru-Disciple Relationship"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the ICC"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Coping with Triggers and PTSD Symptoms"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Coping with Triggers"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Exit Counseling"
Giambalvo, Carol: "Post-Cult Problems"
Goldberg, Lorna & Goldberg, William: "Psychotherapy with Ex-Cultists: Four Case Studies and Commentary" - abstract
Goldberg, Lorna, MSW: "Reflections on Marriage and Children after the Cult" - abstract
Goski, Patricia: "Grief, Loss, and the Former Cult Member"
Griffo, Maureen: "How Could Anyone Join a Cult"
Henry, Rosanne: "Anxiety and Decision-Making"
inFormer Ministry
Lalich, Janja & Langone, Michael: "Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups - Revised"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "Individual Differences Affecting Recovery"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "Repairing The Soul After A Cult Experience"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "The Role of Cognitive Distortion"
Lalich, Janja, Ph.D.: "Individual Differences Affecting Recovery"
Lalich, Janja, Ph.D.: "Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual Exploitation of Women in Cults" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Evaluating Cult Involvement"
Lalich, Janja: "The Cadre Ideal: origins and Development of a Political Cult" - abstract
Langone, Micahel, Ph.D.: "Deception, Dependency & Dread The Conversion Process"
Langone, Michael D., Ph.D.: "Letter to a Former Member of a Meditation Group"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Clinical Update on Cults"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Cults: Questions and Answers"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Definitional Ambiguity"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Innter Experience and Conversion" - abstract
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Psychological Abuse" - abstract
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Reflections on Post-Cult Recovery
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "We weren't Crazy; We were Fooled"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "What You Might Want To Know About ICC
Langone, Michael: "Recovery From Cults"
Lifton, Robert, J. M.D.: "Cult Formation"
Literary Contributions to 2006 Phoenix Exhibit
Litfin, Duane: "The Perils of Persuasive Preaching"
Mansfield, Hal: "Identity Movement Called Cultic"
Martin, Paul, Ph.D.: "Pitfalls To Recovery"
Martin, Paul, Ph.D.: "Study Indicates Rehab’s Benefits"
Mary Kay Sucks
McCabe, Kelley et al. "A Workshop for People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups"
Merchants of Deception
metroactive - Shaking the Money Tree (Amway, Equinox)
Miller, Ross: "How to Talk to People Who Are Trying to Save You"
Neufeld, K. Gordon: "Writing Down the Pain: A Case Study of the Benefits of Writing for Cult Survivors" - abstract
Ofshe, Richard, Ph.D. & Singer, Margaret T., Ph.D.: Attacks on Peripheral vs. Central Elements of Self" - abstract
Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth - link
Problems Ex-Members and Families
Quixtar Business Analysis (Amway)
Recovery from Abusive Groups - Book Review by Lee Anne Pellegrini, M.S.W.
reFOCUS
reFocus: "Characteristics of a Destructive Cult"
Reimers, Adrian, Ph.D.: "More than the Devil's Due" - abstract
Rosedale, Herbert and Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "On Using the Term "Cult"
Singer, Margaret Thaler, Ph.D.: "Post-Cult After Effects"
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D. et al.: "Psychotherapy Cults" - abstract
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D.: "Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?"
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D.: "Six Conditions for Thought Reform"
Singer, Margaret: "Coming Out of the Cults"
Singer, Margaret: "Cults In Our Midst: Hidden Menace in Our Lives
Sword of the Lord Ministries - link
Szimhart, Joseph: "Understanding Eastern Groups"
Take Back Your Life - Lalich, Janja & Tobias, Madeline
Testimonies of Jews who returned - link
Testimony of Ingo Michehl
The Phoenix Project - 2006
Tobias, Madeleine: "The Role of Cognitive Distortion"
Valatx, Jean-Louis, M.D.: "Sleep Deprivation" - abstract
Vere, J. Peter: "Sifting the Wheat from the Tares: 20 Signs of Trouble in a New Religious Group"
Video: "After the Cult: Recovering Together"
Ward, David: "Domestic Violence as a Cultic System" - abstract
Weishaupt, Kaynor & Stensland, Michael: "Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues in Jehovah's Witness Women" - abstract
West, Louis J. & Martin, P.: "Pseudo-identity and the Treatment of Personality Change in Victims of Captivity and Cults" - abstract
World CARP

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