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Psychological Malpractice and the Anti‐Cult Battle: The Brain Awash
Author(s) -
Ross Michael W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1979.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - battle , project commissioning , civil liberties , publishing , cult , law , action (physics) , malpractice , criminology , legal action , legislation , psychology , sociology , political science , history , ancient history , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
This paper looks at the appearance in Australia of ‘deprogramming’ (brainwashing) methods and the misuse of psychological techniques against cults. It is suggested that the misuse of such techniques is more dangerous and constitutes a greater threat to civil liberties than the cults themselves, and possibilities for action by psychologists are discussed.