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Scientologist Lisa McPherson died in 1995 after refusing psychiatric treatment.
Since the founding of the Church of Scientology in 1954 by L. Ron Hubbard, the relationship between Scientology and psychiatry has been dominated by strong opposition by the organization against the medical specialty of psychiatry and of psychology with themes relating to this opposition occurring repeatedly throughout Scientology literature and doctrine.[1][2][3][4] According to the Church of Scientology, psychiatry has a long history of improper and abusive care.[5] The group's views have been disputed, criticized, and condemned by experts in the medical and scientific community and have been a source of public controversy.
L. Ron Hubbard had a complex and changing relationship with psychiatry. He recalled positive experiences with psychiatrists in his youth and requested psychiatric treatment in adulthood. By 1948, Hubbard claimed to volunteer in a psychiatric clinic and two years later published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In 1951, however, Hubbard's wife Sara Northrup Hollister reportedly consulted psychiatrists who recommended Hubbard be institutionalized; thereafter, Hubbard was increasingly hostile towards psychiatry.
In 1995, Scientologist Lisa McPherson died at Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (FSO) at Flag Land Base after leaving a hospital where she refused psychiatric treatment.
In 2003, a man with untreated schizophrenia murdered his mother after his paranoid delusions caused him to become convinced that the Scientology-approved vitamins she was giving him in lieu of effective medication were poisonous.
In 2005, celebrity Scientologist Tom Cruise strongly asserted his public opposition to psychiatry.
^"Psychiatry & Materialism". scientology.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008.
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^Mieszkowskii, Katharine (2005). "Scientology's War on Psychiatry". Salon.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012.
^Neusner, Jacob (2009). World Religions in America (4 ed.). Westminster John Knox Press. p. 307. ISBN 9780664233204. OL 23165294M.
^"Why is Scientology opposed to psychiatric abuses?". Church of Scientology. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
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