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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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Amitrani, Alberto & Di Marzio, Raffaella: "Blind or Just Don't Want to See: Brainwashing, Mystification, and Suspicion"
Amitrani, Alberto & Di Marzio, Raffaella: "Min Control in New Religious Movements and the American Psychological Association"
Andersen, Susan M., Ph.D. & Zimbardo, Philip G., Ph.D.: "On Resisting Social Influence" - abstract
Baron, Robert: "Arousal, Capacity, and Intense Indoctrination" - abstract
Bounded Choice - Book Review by J. A. Looney, Ph.D.
Eichel, Steve K. D,. Ph.D.: "Can Scholars Be Deceived? Empirical Evidence from Social Psychology and History"
Giambalvo, Carol: "What is a Thought Reform Consultant?"
Kent, Stephen & Hall, Deana: "Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family" - abstract
Lalich, Janja, Ph.D.: "Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate" - abstract
Langone, Michael D.: "Academic Disputes and Dialogue Collection: Preface"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Clinical Update on Cults"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Cults and Mind Control"
Lifton, Robert J., M.D.: "Lifton's Eight Criteria for Thought Reform"
Lifton, Robert, J. M.D.: "Cult Formation"
Lifton, Robert, J.: "Thought Reform & the Psychology of Totalism"
Martin, Paul: "Overcoming the Bondage of Revictimization: A Rational/Empirical Defense of Thought Reform"
Nievod, Abraham, Ph.D., J.D.: "Undue Influence in Contract and Probate Law"
Nishida, Kimiaki, Ph.D.: "Development of the Study of Mind Control in Japan"
Ofshe, Richard, Ph.D. & Singer, Margaret T., Ph.D.: Attacks on Peripheral vs. Central Elements of Self" - abstract
Ofshe, Richard, Ph.D.: "Coerced Confessions: The Logic of Seemingly Irrational Action" - abstract
Ofshe, Richard, Ph.D.: "The Rabbi and the Sex Cult" - abstract
Singer, Margaret & Addis, Marsha: "Cults, Coercion, and Contumely" - abstract
Singer, Margaret T., Ph.D.: "Undue Influence and Written Documents: Psychological Aspects"
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D.: "Six Conditions for Thought Reform"
Singet Margaret, Ph.D.: "Thought Reform Exists: Organized, Programmatic Influence"
Zablocki, Benjamin, Ph.D.: "Methodological Fallacies in Atnhony's Critiqueof Exit Cost Analysis"
Zimbardo, Philip, Ph.D.: "Mind Control: Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric?"
Zimbardo, Philip, Ph.D.: "What messages are behind today's cults?"

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Blind, or Just Don't Want to See?

Book Review: Bibliography on “Cults” and “Brainwashing”

Book Review: Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Reverend Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden

Book Review: Power Games: Influence, Persuasion and Indoctrination in Psychotherapy Training

Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control

Brainwashed 'guinea pig' seeks more damages

Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family

Brainwashing Defense...

Brainwashing Exists

Brainwashing/Lee Boyd Malvo: “Brainwashing” Defense Mounted

Brainwashing/Mind Control: Dr. Joyce Brothers Gives Quiz

Brainwashing: Brainwashing Defense Returns

Brainwashing: Muslim Leader Calls for Curbs on “Rogue” Preachers

Brainwashing: Slavery Trial

Campaign Against "Brainwashing"

CIA Brainwashing Program

Cult Awareness Network Judgment Affirmed in Deprogramming Case

Cults, Conversion, Science, & Harm

Development of the Study of Mind Control in Japan

Falun Gong/Thought Reform: Re-education of Falun Gong Practitioners

In the Courts: Brainwashing without Physical Bonds, Scientology, 7th Day Adventist Death

Is Brainwashing an Unproved Hypothesis?

Mind Control in New Religious Movements and the American Psychological Association

Mind Control: “Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric?”

Mind Control: Call for APA Task Force

Miracle, Mystery, and Authority: The Triangle of Cult Indoctrination

Psychological Association Task Force on Abuse of Persuasion Techniques

Research Supports Reality of "Brainwashing"

Robert Lifton on Cults

Smart, Elizabeth Brainwashing: Understanding What Happened to Elizabeth Smart

Sniper Attacks: Switch from Indoctrination to Insanity Defense

Terrorism: Chechen Suicide Bombers May Be Brainwashed

Terrorists Are Made, Not Born: Creating Terrorists Using Social Psychological Conditioning

The Body (Attleboro Sect): Expert Says Karen Robidoux Was “Mind Controlled”

The Body (Attleboro Sect): Karen Robidoux Murder Trial Cancelled — “Brainwashing” Claimed

The Psychology of Torture

The Puzzle of Brainwashing

The Relation of Group Philosophy to Different Types of Dangerous Conduct in Cultic Groups

The Way – Thought Reform and Rehab – II

Thought Reform Exists: Organized, Programmatic Influence

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