Galanter M
Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Aug;140(8):984-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.140.8.984.
Of 66 persons who left the Unification Church (the "Moonies"), twenty-three (36%) reported that they had had serious emotional problems after leaving. After an average of 3.8 years, however, the former members studied here had apparently achieved a stable adjustment. Most of them retained a notable fidelity toward the sect and its beliefs, but those who had been "deprogrammed" had more negative views and themselves had coerced other members to leave. The author examines the impact of group membership on individual development and looks at departure in relation to the psychopathology, such as depression and paranoid ideation, that may emerge.
在66名脱离统一教（“文鲜明统一教会”）的人中，有23人（36%）报告称他们在离开后出现了严重的情感问题。然而，平均3.8年后，在此接受研究的这些前成员显然已实现了稳定的适应。他们中的大多数人对该教派及其信仰仍保持着显著的忠诚，但那些被“解除洗脑”的人则持有更多负面看法，并且他们自己还强迫其他成员离开。作者考察了群体成员身份对个体发展的影响，并探讨了与可能出现的诸如抑郁和偏执观念等精神病理学相关的脱离情况。
