Winning hearts and minds
Tags: PHRASEOLOGY; BRAINWASHING; BEHAVIOR modification; MEDICAL personnel
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- Untitled. // New Yorker;6/8/1963, Vol. 39 Issue 16, p125
The article presents a comment on the issue of brainwashing.
- COMMUNIST BRAINWASHING--ARE WE PREPARED? // New Republic;6/8/53, Vol. 128 Issue 23, p5
The article sheds light on the policy of brainwashing the prisoners of war. The American soldiers captured by the Chinese Communists were taken first to temporary camps. There they were screened and a selected group was chosen for indoctrination at the base that become known as "the University...
- Pseudoscience and Minority Religions: An Evaluation of the Brainwashing Theories of Jean-Marie Abgrall. Anthony, Dick // Social Justice Research;Dec1999, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p421
An analysis of Jean-Marie Abgrall's cultic brainwashing theory shows that the theory is essentially identical to the pseudoscientific theory that was developed first by the American CIA as a propaganda device to combat communism, and second as an ideological device for use by the American...
- Simple interventions reduce numbers of 'did not attends' // Primary Health Care;Sep2011, Vol. 21 Issue 7, p4
The article reports on the results of a study conducted by researchers in Bedfordshire, England which show a decrease in the number of patients who did not show during their medical appointment at general practices because of the change in their health behavior.
- Thought Control Strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Coles, Meredith E.; Heimberg, Richard G. // Cognitive Therapy & Research;Feb2005, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p47
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that is difficult to control; but methods of thought control among persons with GAD have not been previously investigated. Forty-two patients with GAD and 55 non-anxious controls (NACs) completed the Thought...
- Brain Control? or Brain Controlled? Wyatt, W. Joseph // Behavior Analysis Digest;Spring2007, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p4
The article focuses on a report by Erika Packard on how the brain controls some human behaviors. In her article, published in the January 2007 issue of "Monitor on Psychology," she described the research of Todd Braver who states that people feel that they are in control of their behavior but...
- Teaching Thought Control to Secondary School Students. Epstein, Richard // Education Digest;Oct1975, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p57
This article focuses on the need for teaching thought control to secondary school students in the U.S. The fascinating development in the post-World War II period has been the introduction of organized programs of thought control in China and in other totalitarian nations. With the advent of...
- Brainwashing: the power of the psychiatrist portrayed in 1960s visual media. Dakin, P. // Medical Humanities;Dec2008, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p80
A comparatively neglected representation of the psychiatrist is that of coercive agent using drugs and behavioural psychology to serve a sinister goal. Rather than treat illness or relieve distress, psychiatrists undermine the mental health of an individual through "brainwashing" techniques,...
- Postcard: Saudi Arabia. MacLeod, Scott // Time;10/29/2007, Vol. 170 Issue 18, p8
This article examines an experiment in Saudi Arabia to reprogram the minds of jihadists. The accused terrorists are housed in a pleasant detention center where they are not forced to wear uniforms and can play games. The concept was developed by Islamic scholars, psychiatrists and sociologists...
