Ungerleider J T, Wellisch D K
Am J Psychiatry. 1979 Mar;136(3):279-82. doi: 10.1176/ajp.136.3.279.
Psychiatric interviews and psychological testing were conducted with 50 members of former members of a variety of religious cults who contacted the authors about the issue of deprogramming. The subjects were divided into four groups: cult members who feared deprogramming, those who had returned to the cult after deprogramming, ex-cult members who had left after deprogramming, and those who had left without deprogramming. There were significant differences between these groups on length of time in the cult, perception of and resistance toward the deprogramming experience, status of parental marriage, and who became a deprogrammer. No evidence of insanity or mental illness in the legal sense was found.
对50名各类宗教邪教组织的现任或前任成员进行了精神病学访谈和心理测试，这些人就“反洗脑”问题与作者取得了联系。受试者被分为四组：害怕“反洗脑”的邪教成员、“反洗脑”后又回到邪教的人、“反洗脑”后离开的前邪教成员，以及未经“反洗脑”就离开的人。这些组在邪教中的时间长度、对“反洗脑”经历的认知和抵触、父母婚姻状况以及谁成为“反洗脑者”等方面存在显著差异。未发现有法律意义上的精神错乱或精神疾病的证据。
