Cult and Ritual Abuse: Narratives, Evidence, and Healing Approaches, 3rd Edition
Cult and Ritual Abuse: Narratives, Evidence, and Healing Approaches, 3rd Edition by James Randall Noblitt Ph.D., Pamela Perskin Noblitt
2014 | ISBN: 1440831483 | English | 338 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
2014 | ISBN: 1440831483 | English | 338 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
This personal yet scholarly journey into the confusing and clandestine world of ritual abuse survivors sheds light on their catastrophic experiences and their efforts to heal afterward.
• Features recalled histories of ritual abuse and vignettes of patients who have experienced dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder)
• Discusses techniques used to create and manipulate altered states of consciousness
• Explores how media sensationalizes and inaccurately depicts ritual abuse
• Critiques the argument that ritual abuse stories are the result of false memories and advances the idea that reports of ritual abuse are understated
• Expresses the position that clinicians have an ethical duty to achieve competence in recognizing and treating the psychological effects of ritual abuse
• Concludes that clinicians, lawmakers, law enforcement, social services personnel, journalists, and others need to treat allegations of ritual abuse seriously and evaluate each report on its own merits