Citation

Miller TW, Veltkamp LJ, Kraus RF, Lane T, Heister T. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 1999; 29(3): 209-219.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10080963

Abstract

The emergence of cult related activities in rural America are examined. Cults and their attraction to adolescents are addressed as are methods of cult indoctrination and a profile of cult members and their leader. Clinical management along with a rationale for the attraction of some adolescents to cults are discussed. A case study of a vampire cult and the psychopathology identified in the leader of the cult are provided. Import for clinicians is offered.

Language: en