Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America
The special legal dilemmas, survival problems and day-to-day life experiences of these survivors are examined in a scholarly but sensitive manner. The book presents the idea that ritual abuse is an age-old phenomenon found in many cultures throughout the world. That ritual abuse causes a variety of specific psychiatric symptoms is noted. Special attention is given to the diagnosis dissociative identity disorder that is frequently found among ritual abuse survivors. Suggestions are offered for effectively dealing with the various social and legal problems that result from this severe form of abuse. New diagnoses--cult and ritual trauma disorder--are proposed for this newly identified problem. |
Contents
The Church in Thetford Forest | 1 |
On the Borderline | 7 |
Entering Uncharted Territory | 15 |
Copyright | |
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