Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions"[1] such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports to assist a person who holds a particular belief system—of a kind considered harmful by those initiating the deprogramming—to change those beliefs and sever connections to the group associated with them.[2][3][4] Typically, people identifying themselves as deprogrammers are hired by a person's relatives, often parents of adult children. The subject of the deprogramming is usually forced to undergo the procedure, which might last days or weeks, against their will.
Methods and practices of deprogramming are varied but have often involved kidnapping and false imprisonment,[4][5] which have sometimes resulted in criminal convictions.[5][6][7] The practice has led to controversies over freedom of religion, civil rights, criminality, and the use of violence.[8] Proponents of deprogramming present the practice as a necessary counter-measure to the systematic "brainwashing" procedures allegedly employed by religious groups, which they claim deprive the individual of their capacity for free choice.
^"Definition of DEPROGRAM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
^Melton, J. Gordon (1999). New Religious Movements. New York: Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 0-415-20049-0.
^Shupe, Anson (2005). Encyclopedia of religion, edited by Lindsay Jones, 2291–3. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference, USA.
^ abNeal, Lynn S. (2012). "Deprogramming". Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States. Edited by Bill J. Leonard and Jill Y. Crainshaw. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.
^ ab"Notes: Cults, Deprogrammers, and the Necessity Defense". Michigan Law Review. 80 (2): 271–311. December 1981. doi:10.2307/1288050. JSTOR 1288050 – via JSTOR.
^Hunter, Howard O.; Price, Polly J. (2001). "Regulation of religious proselytism in the United States". Brigham Young University Law Review. 2001 (2).
^"Ted Patrick Convicted of Seizing Woman Said to Have Joined Cult; Escaped From Abductors". The New York Times. August 30, 1980.
^Ikemoto, Keiko; Nakamura, Masakazu (2004). "Forced deprogramming from a religion and mental health: A case report of PTSD". International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 27 (2): 147–155. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.01.005. PMID 15063639.
Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions" such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports...
than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries. Ross faced criminal charges of unlawful imprisonment over a 1991 forcible deprogramming of United...
and began offering 'deprogramming' services to people who wanted to break a family member's connection to an NRM. The deprogramming methods involved abduction...
number of "deprogrammings" in the late 1970s, but has been critical of them since 1980 and has instead advocated exit counseling. Deprogramming was a controversial...
when he developed his method of deprogramming. He ultimately left his full-time job in order to work on deprogramming full time. In 1971, Patrick founded...
virtually brought deprogramming to a halt in this country" "What this judgment does ... is cut the communication lines that allow deprogramming to go forward"...
project space in Berlin for art and architecture Application software Deprogramming Dramatic programming, fictional television content Neuro-linguistic...
cults have learned the methods of deprogramming and now try to inoculate members against them by sharing deprogramming horror stories and telling them to...
corners of the anti-cult movement techniques like the sometimes forceful "deprogramming" of cult members was practised. Secular cult opponents belonging to...
court case, Merylee Kreshour, a member of ISKCON, was subjected to a deprogramming by Kelly and her mother Edith Kreshour on 7 September 1976. On 8 September...
a cult member as a method to remove them from the cult and begin a deprogramming process to change their allegiance away from the group. In Australia...
deaths at Jonestown. The Cult Awareness Network (CAN), a group aimed at deprogramming members of cults, was formed soon after the Jonestown deaths. The group...
there The Northeast Kingdom Community Church. One of Patrick's last deprogramming cases in Chattanooga occurred in 1980; it involved a police detective...
Zouzous, formerly Ludo Zouzous and Les Zouzous, was the children's brand of France Télévisions accompanying the preschool animated series on France 5 (then...
This is a comprehensive list of functional appliances that are used in the field of orthodontics. The functional appliances can be divided into fixed and...
control" by the NRM itself. This explanation provides a rationale for "deprogramming", a process in which members of NRMs are illegally kidnapped by individuals...
such as including information provided on cult awareness networks or deprogramming organizations. The review also decried the omission of episodes on L...
The case contributed to the gradual abandonment of abductions and deprogramming attempts. In 2000 Russia excluded Patrick Francis Nolan from reentry...
Molly Lewis) "Lose These Chuckleheads" "You Failed Me!" "Alan vs Kens" "Deprogramming" "Warmth of Your Gaze" "An Ending" "I Don't Have an Ending" "What Was...
fundraising rounds. Steven Hassan, a former UC member engaged in the deprogramming of other UC members, describes these as "spiritual sales" (reikan shōhō...
control because it functioned to justify costly interventions such as deprogramming or exit counseling. She has also criticized some mental health professionals...
Global Information