Here is an excerpt from: Deprogramming, Brainwashing and the Medicalization of Deviant Religious Groups Author(s): Thomas Robbins and Dick Anthon Source: Social Problems, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Feb., 1982), pp. 283-29 MEDICALIZATION AND DEPROGRAMMING Deprogramming is the process of persuading cult converts to relinquish their involvement with cults. The process is frequently coercive: the convert is abducted from the cult and physically detained during deprogramming. Coercive deprogramming has often been described as a confrontational technique in which stress is used to break up “programmed” mental patterns (Kim, 1979; Melton, 1980; Shapiro, 1977). Clark (1977:E6895) notes that depersonalization induced by cultist indoctrination “does not respond to the most effective antipsychotic drugs or treatment customarily applied by mental health professionals to restore effective thinking.” However, methods of forcible therapy or counter-indoctrination developed by non-professionals such as deprogrammer Ted Patrick appear to have been effective in “liberating” converts from cultist bonds. The effectiveness of deprogramming has been interpreted as confirming the psychopathology cf cultist involvements. Clark (1977:E6895) views this effectiveness as a “rather compelling piece ,- evidence” that depersonalization is in fact produced by cult indoctrination. “The deprogramming process as it is now practiced effects, in a large number of cases, a fairly rapid return to the old language skills and memories, original personal relationship patterns and of course the old problems.” <p><a href="https://single-ladies.startdigitaal.nl/">Would You Take Your Bad Boy Back?</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.come2me.nl/">How to Avoid Getting Lost in a Romantic Relationship With a Guy</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.nvp-plaza.nl/">The Dirty Half-Dozen</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.startring.nl/">Ways Men Control Women in Relationships</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.actiefzoeken.nl/">4 Things Every Woman Needs in a Relationship</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.overzichtje.nl/">How to Build a Solid Relationship With a Guy One Step at a Time</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.wheremyfriends.be/">How to Stop Repeating the Same Old Bad Relationship Behavior</a></p> <p><a href="https://single-ladies.webmastercity.nl/">7 Sure-Fire Signs a Guy is in Love With You</a></p>