Cult Expert Dr Steven Hassan
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𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 37th International Congress on Law and #MentalHealth with #StevenHassan
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21:28Now PlayingProposing a New Model to Conduct a Forensic Evaluation of Undue Influence - presented by Steven Hassan, PhD.
The DSM-5 identifies this group of patients under a special category: Other Specified Dissociative Disorder 300.15 (F44.9). “Identity disturbance due to prolonged and intense coercive persuasion: Individuals who have been subjected to intense coercive persuasion (e.g., brainwashing, thought reform, indoctrination while captive, torture, long-term political imprisonment, recruitment by sects/cults or by terror organizations) may present with prolonged changes in, or conscious questioning of, their identity.” However, there is no established, formal process to perform a forensic evaluation on the process of predatory influence. The 500-year-old concept of Undue Influence has been narrowly defined around a subject’s competency to designate who will inherit wealth and property. The “rational agent” model that dominates the world legal perspective on human behavior is sadly outdated by scientific research. For example, brain maturity is now believed to be 25 years of age and not 18 or even 21. The Social Influence Model developed by Alan Scheflin will be presented as well as the Influence Continuum and BITE model. Specific suggestions for developing a twenty-first century forensic evaluation for undue influence will be presented. Multiple real-life examples will be analyzed which include destructive cults, sex trafficking, and testamentary capacity.
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