Number	23097
Subject	Religion
Source	CBS News 48 Hours
State	NY
Year	2006
Publication Date	10/28/2006
Summary	"The report is an hour-long investigation into the Church of Scientology's vehement opposition to the practice of psychiatry, and how that many have contributed to the brutal murder of Elli Perkings..." Perkings was a Scientologist whose son, Jeremey, suffered acute schizophrenia. He went without any formal psychiatric treatment. He stabbed his mother to death because he believed she was evil.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	25
Keywords	psychiatric; faith; Scientology; schizophrenia; murder; family; mental illness; modern medicine; religion
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