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Dangerous Therapy
Chicago magazine examines the psychiatric treatment that led to a $10.6 million settlement between a patient and a psychiatrist. Pat Burgus, treated for multiple personality disorder, believed she had 300 personalities, ate human flesh and molested her two sons. She was convinced her doctor created these memories and sued.
Tags: hypnosis; drugs; medicine; sexual abuse; malpractice
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Dangerous Memories
Under hypnosis by her therapist, Kathleen Sullivan--the daughter of a rich North Shore family--suddenly remembered that she had been the victim of childhood sexual abuse by her older brother. The revelation sparked a nasty legal battle when her parents sued the therapist, claiming he had planted the idea. After a dramatic trial last spring, a mystery remains; what, if anything, happened years ago to spawn this family tragedy?
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The Westword looks into the controversial practices of the "self-empowerment" organization Landmark Education Corporation and its historical ties to cult-like EST and EST founder Werner Hans Erhard. Erhard, the charasmatic self-help guru of the 1970s-80s, fled the country to avoid tax evasion charges and allegations of incest. (April 18, 1996)