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The book ''Forensic aspects of dissociative identity disorder'' looks at the role of crime in the lives of people that suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder. It is a collection of essays written by several international researchers. It explores the legal, moral, ethical and clinical questions that psychotherapists and other professionals face while working with those suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Authors that have contributed to the book come from the fields of psychotherapy, counseling, psychology, medicine, law, police,  psychoanalysis and social work. Chapters include discussions on ritual abuse, dissociative identity disorder, mind control, extreme abuse, survivor accounts and criminal convictions.<ref>Sachs, A. ; Galton, G. (Eds). (2008) [http://books.google.com/books?id=upHtL9lual0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder''] Karnac Books. ISBN 10 : 1855755963 http://www.karnacbooks.com/product.php?PID=25876</ref>  
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''Cult and ritual abuse'' discusses the idea that ritual abuse is an age-old phenomenon and it is found in many cultures throughout the world. It explores the many specific psychiatric symptoms caused by ritual abuse, including dissociative identity disorder. The book gives suggestions for effective ways to deal with the legal and social problems that can result from this severe form of abuse. A new diagnosis “Cult and ritual trauma disorder” is proposed in this edition. ''Cult and ritual abuse'' was first published in 1995 with a revised edition in 2000. <ref name=noblitt>Noblitt, J.R.; Perskin, P. ''Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America'' (2000) Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 269 ISBN 027596664X http://books.google.com/books?id=zJkTTpfyJ-8C</ref> 
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The book was co-authored by James Randall Noblitt, a clinical psychologist and the executive director of a professional organization dedicated to treating survivors of cult and ritual abuse.<ref name=noblitt/> Noblitt is a professor and Director of the Psychology program at Alliant International University.
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==Comments and critiques==
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Kenneth E. Fletcher in a Psychiatric services review, discusses evidence of ritual abuse from the book and states that parts of the book are interesting and intriguing with uneven writing at times. Fletcher concludes that those interested in the topic of cult and ritual abuse will find it a worthwhile read.<ref>Fletcher, K., July 2001 Cult and ritual abuse: Its history, anthropology, and recent discovery in contemporary America, revised edition ''Psychiatric services'' Volume 52 p. 978-979 http://www.psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/52/7/978</ref>
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An article in the ''American Journal of Psychotherapy'' stated that “Whether or not one believes in MPD and/or Ritual Abuse, this book provides one with what is probably the most comprehensive and reasonable review of the subject that has appeared up to now.” <ref>Coomaraswamy, R. Summer 1996  Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America  ''American Journal of Psychotherapy'' 50, 3 p. 383 http://www.ajp.org/</ref>  
  
 
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*[[Dissociative Identity Disorder]]
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*[[Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse]]
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*[[Extreme Abuse Surveys]]
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*[[Ritual Abuse]]
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*[[Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-First Century]]
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*[[Ritual Abuse Torture]]
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*[[Satanic Ritual Abuse Evidence and Journal Articles]]
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*[[Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse]]
  
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==Bibliography==
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* Baer, Richard A. (2007). ''Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities.'' [New York]: Crown. ISBN 0307382664.
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*Noblitt, J.R. (1995). “Psychometric measures of trauma among psychiatric patients reporting ritual abuse”. Psychological Reports 77(3):743-747. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8559911
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* Braun, B.G. (1989). ''Dissociation'': Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 066-069: [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/1425 Iatrophilia and Iatrophobia in the diagnosis and treatment of MPD]
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* Noblitt, R.; Perskin, P. ''Ritual abuse in the Twenty First Century'' (2008) Reed Publishers, Bandon, OR p. 552  ISBN 1-934759-12-0 http://www.rdrpublishers.com/catalog/item/6339393/5820690.htm
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* Brown, D; Frischholz E, Scheflin A. (1999). "Iatrogenic dissociative identity disorder - an evaluation of the scientific evidence". ''The Journal of Psychiatry and Law'' XXVII No. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1999): 549–637.  
 
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* Gleaves, D. (July 1996). [http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=1996-01403-003 The sociocognitive model of dissociative identity disorder: a reexamination of the evidence.] ''Psychological Bulletin'' 120 (1): 42–59. DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.120.1.42. PMID 8711016.
 
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* Goettmann, B. A.; Greaves, B. G.; Coons M. P. (1994).[http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/diss&CISOPTR=38 ''Multiple personality and dissociation, 1791-1992: a complete bibliography.''] Lutherville, MD: The Sidran Press, 85. ISBN 0-9629164-5-5. 
 
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* Kluft, R.P. (1989). [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/1428 Iatrogenic creation of new alter personalities] ''Dissociation'' 2 (2): 83–91.
 
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* Underwood, Anne. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/57861 Identity Crisis - What is it like to live with 17 alternate selves? A survivor of multiple personality disorder discusses the disease and the painful integration process that made her whole.] Newsweek, October 22, 2007.
 
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* Rhoades, G. F.; Sar, V. (Eds) ''Trauma And Dissociation in a Cross-cultural Perspective: Not Just a North American Phenomenon'' Routledge (2006) ISBN-13: 978-0789034076
 
  
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*[http://ritualabuse.us/research/did/basic-information-on-didmpd/ Basic Information on DID]
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*[http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/an-empirical-look-at-the-ritual-abuse-controversy-randy-noblitt-phd/  An Empirical Look at the Ritual Abuse Controversy]
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*[http://www.sho.com/site/video/brightcove/series/title.do?bcpid=1847322218&bclid=5253538001&bctid=6803420001  United States of Tara - Learn More About D.I.D. - Showtime supports the awareness for Dissociative Identity Disorder]
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*[http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/studies/satanic-ritual-abuse-evidence-with-information-on-the-mcmartin-preschool-case/ Ritual Abuse articles]
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*[http://www.ra-info.org/resources/ra_cases.shtml  Ritual Abuse Cases]
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*[http://extreme-abuse-survey.net/  Extreme Abuse Survey]
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*http://www.ritualabusetorture.org/
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*http://www.ra-info.org
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*http://www.survivorship.org
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*http://web.archive.org/web/20071218103952/http://www.aches-mc.org/
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*http://web.archive.org/web/20080116175648/http://theawarenesscenter.org/ritualabuse.html

Revision as of 12:26, 18 October 2020

Cult and ritual abuse discusses the idea that ritual abuse is an age-old phenomenon and it is found in many cultures throughout the world. It explores the many specific psychiatric symptoms caused by ritual abuse, including dissociative identity disorder. The book gives suggestions for effective ways to deal with the legal and social problems that can result from this severe form of abuse. A new diagnosis “Cult and ritual trauma disorder” is proposed in this edition. Cult and ritual abuse was first published in 1995 with a revised edition in 2000. [1]

The book was co-authored by James Randall Noblitt, a clinical psychologist and the executive director of a professional organization dedicated to treating survivors of cult and ritual abuse.[1] Noblitt is a professor and Director of the Psychology program at Alliant International University.

Comments and critiques

Kenneth E. Fletcher in a Psychiatric services review, discusses evidence of ritual abuse from the book and states that parts of the book are interesting and intriguing with uneven writing at times. Fletcher concludes that those interested in the topic of cult and ritual abuse will find it a worthwhile read.[2]

An article in the American Journal of Psychotherapy stated that “Whether or not one believes in MPD and/or Ritual Abuse, this book provides one with what is probably the most comprehensive and reasonable review of the subject that has appeared up to now.” [3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Noblitt, J.R.; Perskin, P. Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America (2000) Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 269 ISBN 027596664X http://books.google.com/books?id=zJkTTpfyJ-8C
  2. ↑ Fletcher, K., July 2001 Cult and ritual abuse: Its history, anthropology, and recent discovery in contemporary America, revised edition Psychiatric services Volume 52 p. 978-979 http://www.psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/52/7/978
  3. ↑ Coomaraswamy, R. Summer 1996 Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America American Journal of Psychotherapy 50, 3 p. 383 http://www.ajp.org/

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