Spero M H
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1982 Jun;170(6):332-44. doi: 10.1097/00005053-198206000-00003.
The literature dealing with the cult devotee has been primarily descriptive, offering phenomenological reports of psychological characteristics and symptomatology but few reports of specific assessment and psychotherapeutic procedures for management of this unique patient population. The present paper offers a brief review of previous literature and describes specific assessment and interventive procedures which have been successfully applied to an outpatient clinic population of 65 cult devotees. Diagnostic impressions based on psychological testing are reported. Discussion focuses on the contribution of diagnostic and clinical findings to the conceptualization of cultic religiosity as a regressive phenomenon.
关于邪教信徒的文献主要是描述性的，提供了心理特征和症状学的现象学报告，但对于管理这一独特患者群体的具体评估和心理治疗程序的报告却很少。本文简要回顾了先前的文献，并描述了已成功应用于65名邪教信徒门诊患者群体的具体评估和干预程序。报告了基于心理测试的诊断印象。讨论的重点是诊断和临床发现对将邪教宗教信仰概念化为一种退行性现象的贡献。
