A Clinical and Forensic Guide to Cults and Persuasive Leadership

Tyler Durns, MD is Professor and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute and Program Director of its Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. Charles Scott, MD is Professor and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of California, Davis, and Chief of its Psychiatry and the Law Division. Paul Whitehead, MD is Adjunct Professor and Forensic Psychiatrist at the University of Utah and Clinical Director at Utah State Hospital. Barbara McDermott, PhD is Professor and Forensic Psychologist at the University of California, Davis, and Research Director at the California Department of State Hospitals.

• Section 1. Typology: 1. Eastern Religious Cults Ansar Haroun, Hayat Alvi, and Dipak K. Gupta; 2 Western Religious Cults Trent C. Holmberg and Kelsey N. Tuttle; 3 Cults of Personality Joseph M. Pierre; 4. Cults and Terrorism Natalie Pyszora, Debra Smith, and Chris Winter; 5. Groups of Prejudice and Intolerance Carlos A. Larrauri, Diana E. Vukel, Harold J. Bursztajn, Michael Ashley Stein, Mickey Arieli, and Aviv Weinstein; 6. Multilevel Marketing Groups Reagan Gill; 7. Family Cults Ajay Nair and Amanie Salem; Section 2. Confounding Factors and Special Populations: 8. Adolescents and Cults Amanie Salem; 9. Comorbid Major Mental Disorders Ashley H. VanDercar, Ren Belcher, and Susan Hatters Friedman; 10. Extreme Overvalued Beliefs Tahir Rahman and Jason G. Roof; 11. Psychopathy and Personality Disorders Joslyn K. Wallenborn and J. Reid Meloy; 12. Drug Use in Cults Chris Sterwald and Jason G. Roof; Section 3. Treatment and Legal Repercussions: 13. Treatment Steven Hassan, Zachary Schwartz, and Austin Blum; 14. Legal Implications of Cults Eric Y. Drogin and Thomas G. Gutheil; Index.