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This book reviews the theoretical, clinical, and forensic issues pertaining to cult leaders, followers, and those who encounter them. It will appeal to psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, criminal investigators, attorneys, and academics, and those with educational interest in cults and similar organizational frameworks.
List of contents
Part I. Typology: 1. Eastern religious cults Ansar Haroun, Dipak Gupta and Hayat Alvi; 2. Western religious cults Trent Holmberg and Kelsey Tuttle; 3. Cults of personality Joseph Pierre; 4. Groups of prejudice and intolerance Carlos A. Larrauri, Harold Bursztajn, Michael Ashley Stein, Mickey Arieli and Aviv Weinstein; 5. Multilevel marketing groups Reagan Gill; 6. Family cults Amanie Salem; Part II. Confounding Factors and Special Populations: 7. Adolescents and cults Ajay Nair and Amanie Salem; 8. Comorbid major mental disorders Susan Hatters-Friedman, Ashley VanDercar, and Ren Lawrence; 9. Extreme overvalued beliefs Tahir Rahman and Jason Roof; 10. Psychopathy and personality disorders Joslyn Wallenborn and Reid Meloy; 11. Drug use in cults Chris Sterwald and Jason Roof; Part III. Treatment and Legal Repercussions: 12. Treatment Steven Hassan, Austin Blum, and Zachary Schwartz; 13. Legal repercussions Tom Gutheil and Eric Drogin; Index.
About the author
Dr Tyler Durns is an Assistant Professor and Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute, and Program Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Program.Professor Charles Scott is a Professor and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of California Davis, and Chief of their Psychiatry and the Law Division.Professor Paul Whitehead is an Adjunct Professor and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of Utah, and Clinical Director at Utah State Hospital.Professor Barbara McDermott is a Professor and Forensic Psychologist at the University of California Davis, and Research Director at the California State Hospitals.
