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| | Cult Information of ICSA's Cult Information Service |
 | | Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects | | | ICSA's New internet journal (with abridged print version) provides information on psychological manipulation and abuse, cults, new religious movements, sects, the New Age movement, other charismatic groups, and how to help people involved in such groups. | | | ICSA resources about psychological manipulation, cultic groups, sects, and new religious movements. |
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| | What Is Psychological Trauma? |
| | Psychological trauma is the unique individual experience of an event or enduring conditions, in which: | | | Although I am writing about psychological trauma, it is also important to keep in mind that stress reactions are clearly physiological as well. | | | There may or may not be bodily injury, but psychological trauma is coupled with physiological upheaval that plays a leading role in the long-range effects" (p.14). |
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http://www.sidran.org/whatistrauma.html
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| | Psychological trauma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Typical causes of psychological trauma are abuse, violence, the threat of either, or the witnessing of either, particularly in childhood. | | | Sigmund Freud, Charcot's student and the father of psychoanalysis, examined the concept of psychological trauma throughout his career. | | | This practice may not garner the positive results needed to recover psychologically from a traumatic event. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma
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| | Psychological Testing |
| | The identification of risk factors, and the design of tests to measure those factors, can be used to lower the incidence of repeated child abuse, as well as measuring progress in the psychological treatment of abusers. | | | The use of psychological tests, in a therapeutic or diagnostic setting, should be restricted to licensed psychologists. | | | Through this research, a multitude of psychological assessment scales have been developed to objectively and precisely measure various aspects of psychological functioning and personality characteristics. |
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http://drdonaldfranklin.com/psychotherapy/testing.html
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| | Cult Information of ICSA's Cult Information Service |
| | Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects | | | ICSA's New internet journal (with abridged print version) provides information on psychological manipulation and abuse, cults, new religious movements, sects, the New Age movement, other charismatic groups, and how to help people involved in such groups. | | | Cultic Studies: Information about Cults and Psychological Manipulation |
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http://www.csj.org
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| | Clinical & Research News |
| | First, it appears as if this psychological impact can hurt the temporal lobes, important for sound and spoken language, and the limbic system—the brain’s emotional processing center. | | | But suppose a child experienced psychological trauma because of physical abuse. | | | Finally, the psychological impact ensuing from childhood physical abuse appears capable of damaging the cerebellar vermis, an area of the brain involved in emotion, attention, and the regulation of the limbic system. |
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http://www.psych.org/pnews/01-03-02/abuse.html
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| | Physical Abuse |
| | The impact of child abuse and neglect is often discussed in terms of physical, psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences. | | | Consequences of abuse and neglect, assessment of maltreatment, the therapeutic process and the role of the therapist, treatment issues and specialized interventions, and case management are addressed. | | | Physical abuse is inflicting a nonaccidental physical injury upon a child. |
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http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/overview/physicalabuse.cfm
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| | Psychological Impact of Circumcision |
| | This idea may be part of a psychological defence mechanism called projection, the process of attributing feelings to others that belong to oneself. | | | There are no empirical studies on the psychological aspects of religious circumcision. | | | Long-term psychological effects associated with circumcision can be difficult to establish because the consequences of early trauma are only rarely, and under special circumstances, recognizable to the person who experienced the trauma. |
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http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1
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| | Psychological Testing Under Medicare |
| | Billing for psychological services that are not medically indicated by evidence in the patients’ medical records is considered abuse of the Medicare program. | | | Georgoulakis contends that "HCFA’s mind set is that psychological assessments have both a professional component and a technical component." Just as cardiologists have technicians involved in conducting an electrocardiogram, many neuropsychologists employ psychometricians to administer the testing procedures while the doctoral level clinician’s role is primarily that of test interpretation. | | | Paula Hartman-Stein, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and consultant to practitioners on Medicare issues and psychological care of older adults. |
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http://www.centerforhealthyaging.com/NatPsychArticles/May_June_2000.htm
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| | Child abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child by an adult often synonymous with the term child maltreatment or the term child abuse and neglect. | | | Childhelp's programs, which directly serve abused children and their families, focus on meeting the children's physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs. | | | A sexually abused child was most likely to sustain serious injury or impairment when a birth parent was the perpetrator (see incest). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse
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| | Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions |
| | Elder abuse is the infliction of physical, emotional, or psychological harm on an older adult. | | | The first and most important step toward preventing elder abuse is to recognize that no one—of whatever age—should be subjected to violent, abusive, humiliating, or neglectful behavior. | | | When caregivers are thrust into the demands of daily care for an elder without appropriate training and without information about how to balance the needs of the older person with their own needs, they frequently experience intense frustration and anger that can lead to a range of abusive behaviors. |
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http://www.apa.org/pi/aging/eldabuse.html
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| | Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma |
| | Furthermore, clinicians are becoming sensitized to exploring more carefully the role and significance of trauma not only in cases involving post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but also in connection with depression, substance abuse, and severe personality disorders. | | | Schermer: Self-care by the therapist is a greatly neglected and crucial aspect of clinical practice. | | | The challenge for the therapist is to create a healing matrix, where patients can risk exposure so as to restore a sense of self worth, feel safe, and feel connected to others. |
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http://www.agpa.org/pubs/GC_0801_trauma.html
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| | Psychological statistics |
| | Psychological abuse in intimate relationships: a New Zealand perspective. | | | Unemployment and psychological distress among graduates: a longitudinal study. | | | MAGAZINES Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 12/1/1992 Schaufeli, Wilmar B. VanYperen, Nico W. relationship between unemployment and psychological distress in Dutch technical college... |
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http://hallencyclopedia.com/Psychological_statistics
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| | OMHAS Trauma Policy |
| | Treatment programs designed specifically for survivors of childhood trauma are consistent on several points: the need for respect, information, connection, and hope for clients; the importance of recognizing the adaptive function of “symptoms;” and the need to work collaboratively in a person-directed and empowering way with survivors of abuse. | | | When psychological trauma is not recognized or addressed, people may be unintentionally traumatized or re-traumatized by the agencies and providers trying to serve them. | | | The symptoms that are adaptations to the effects of psychological trauma are sometimes not recognized or, if recognized, are not associated with prior trauma by survivors or clinicians. |
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http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/trauma.shtml
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| | Amazon.com: Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD: Books: Noka Zador,John P. Wilson,Jacob D. Lindy,Matthew J. Friedman |
| | Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman | | | This is one of the first volumes to address PTSD treatment from a non-unitary perspective, acknowledging that traumatic responses exist on a continuum and presenting treatment goals that apply to all aspects of the disorder. | | | It provides a solid foundation for beginning and experienced clinicians who are interested in treating traumatized patients....It broadens the reader's perceptions of psychopathology and provides a much-needed lens for understanding both catastrophic trauma and the inevitable, pervasive, smaller--but common--trauma that goes unrecognized in everyday life. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572306874?v=glance
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| | Dear |
| | I am writing to ask that the American Psychological Society form a working group and issue a statement about research findings regarding reported "repressed memories" of abuse, so-called "memory recovery therapy," and the hazards of suggestion in psychotherapy. | | | If the APS issues a position statement on research findings about the theory of "memory repression" and the use of "memory recovery" techniques, the American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association will be forced to update their own statements and to issue guidelines similar to those issued by the Royal College. | | | Such 'memory recovery techniques' may include drug-mediated interviews, hypnosis, regression therapies, guided imagery, 'body memories', literal dream interpretation and journaling." The failure of American organizations to issue equivalent guidelines silently condones the continued use of these harmful, discredited techniques in the U.S. and the continued abuse of clients and their families by irresponsible therapists. |
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http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/ie3/apsl.html
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| | MedlinePlus: Elder Abuse |
| | Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions (American Psychological Association) | | | Psychological Abuse (National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse) | | | Elder Abuse: When You Suspect a Love One's Mistreatment (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/elderabuse.html
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| | Psychological Trauma – Cavalcade Productions |
| | Cavalcade produces training videos for professionals working with clients who have experienced psychological trauma. | | | We have released over forty such videos since we began this work in 1989, and our customers include therapists, social workers, colleges and universities, medical professionals, teaching hospitals, and child abuse prevention organizations. | | | Our most popular programs are Vicarious Traumatization, Trauma and Substance Abuse, and The Traumatized Child. |
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| | Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Verbal Abuse |
| | Repeatedly molested as a child but afraid to tell anyone, "Tina's Story" recounts the obscene physical and psychological abuse that took her on an out-of-control emotional roller coaster until she died at age 15. | | | Verbal abuse by a kindergarten teacher triggered by a child's inattention or disruptive behavior can produce a "vicious cycle" that boosts the risk of delinquency and learning problems later on, a new study suggests. | | | A Healing Program for Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually, or Emotionally Abused |
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http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Abuse/Site
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| | Portland NORML - dare.org - Resources page |
| | Since D.A.R.E. even represents itself as a psychological program there is no argument that parents should be ASKED before D.A.R.E. materials can be presented to their kids. | | | "An Evaluation of D.A.R.E." - Reducing The Risk of Drug Involvement Among Early Adolescents: An Evaluation of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) | | | Their original challenge was based on a law called the "Hatch Act" which requires that schools have parents "Opt In" to ANY psychological programs being presented to students. |
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| | Domestic Abuse: Cycle of Violence |
| | While domestic abuse is the domination of one person over another within a household, there are four distinct types of domestic abuse, physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological, that need to be explained in order to understand the real meaning of domestic abuse and violence. | | | However, when it does, she will blame herself, thinking that it is her responsibility to change her actions or behavior so the abuse will stop. | | | After the abuser has vented his anger, either physically or verbally on his victim, then he thinks he is sorry for causing pain and anguish. |
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http://online.matc.edu/eng-201/doab_mla.htm
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: American Psychological Society (APS) |
| | The American Psychological Society was founded in 1988 to represent the interests of academic, applied, and science-oriented psychology and psychologists. | | | The formation of APS originated from the Assembly for Scientific and Applied Psychology (ASAP), a group that attempted to reform the American Psychological Association (APA) to give the scientists greater representation and autonomy. | | | Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: American Psychological Society (APS) |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0003/ai_2699000369
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| | PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL ABUSE EQUALLY HARMFUL TO HEALTH |
| | A high level of psychological abuse appears to put its victims at equal risk of developing physical and mental health problems. | | | Analysis of the health and partner violence data revealed that "physical and psychological intimate partner violence are associated with [many of the same] significant physical and mental health consequences for both male and female victims," Coker reports. | | | Psychological abuse was more commonly reported than either physical or sexual abuse, accounting for almost half of the violence among the women and more than three-quarters of the violence among the men. |
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http://www.hbns.org/news/abuse10-24-02.cfm
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| | Physical Abuse |
| | You may think there are no "gray areas" as there are in emotional, economic, psychological and/or verbal abuse. | | | We favor this one to some of the more modified ones which do not include the physical abuse because it mentions behaviors which are very subtle. | | | There is a power & control wheel which has the physical abuse behaviors around the border of the wheel on the link below. |
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| | eMedicine - Inhalant-Related Psychiatric Disorders : Article by Guy E Brannon, MD |
| | Muscle: Long-term inhalant abuse leads to muscle weakness, muscle wasting, and reduced muscle tone and strength. | | | However, one subgroup of young people who abuse inhalants do so because they have seen their parents or older siblings abuse illegal drugs, and these young people have decided that huffing is the activity they choose to begin their drug use and addiction. | | | Substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by the substance |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3117.htm
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| | Cycle of abuse - definition of Cycle of abuse in Encyclopedia |
| | The abuser may even promise to seek treatment for the behavior and promise it will never happen again. | | | In some areas of psychological research, violence is thought rarely to be only a one-time event. | | | When abuse occurs in a relationship, it is said that the odds of reoccurrence increase dramatically. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Cycle_of_abuse
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| | Drug Policy Alliance: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) |
| | Using psychological and D.A.R.E. tests, the researchers compared D.A.R.E. and non-D.A.R.E. high school students and found that drug use was identical for both groups except that the D.A.R.E. students smoked marijuana regularly more than their non-D.A.R.E. counterparts. | | | Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) In 1983, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles School District launched the current drug-education program of choice in the United States, Drug Abuse Resistance Education. | | | D.A.R.E. teaches children to abstain from drugs, alcohol, and gangs and secondarily tries to boost self-esteem and resistance to peer pressure. |
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http://www.drugpolicy.org/safetyfirst/education/dare
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| | Drug Rehabilitation and Substance Abuse Treatment Resources |
| | It is the philosophy of Visions that the effective treatment of adolescents with substance abuse and behavioral disorders involves a holistic approach that includes attention to the adolescent's emotional growth and development of physical health, psychological health, family relations, social supports, and cultural factors. | | | Support Systems Homes drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs offer a wide range of substance abuse treatment services. | | | Support Systems drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment programs provide comprehensive services for recovery from drug addiction and alcohol abuse, Offering national drug and alcohol rehab, sober living, residential treatment, detox, day and outpatient programs based in San Jose, Northern California. |
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http://www.drug-rehabilitation.com/resources.htm
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| | SafeState - Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse |
| | Psychological/mental abuse includes fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression and other forms of serious emotional distress that are brought about by threats, harassment and intimidation. | | | Categories of elder abuse are: Physical abuse, Psychological/mental abuse, Financial (fiduciary) abuse, Neglect, Abandonment, Abduction and Isolation. | | | Financial abuse can result from taking, secreting or appropriating money or property of an elder or dependent adult by a person who has the care or custody of, or who is in a position of trust to, that elder or dependent adult. |
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http://www.safestate.org/index.cfm?navID=11
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