TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - An adolescent vampire cult in rural America: clinical issues and case study JO - Child psychiatry and human development A1 - Miller, T. W. A1 - Veltkamp, L. J. A1 - Kraus, R. F. A1 - Lane, T. A1 - Heister, T. SP - 209 EP - 219 VL - 29 IS - 3 N2 - The emergence of cult related activities in rural America are examined. Cults and their attraction to adolescents are addressed as are methods of cult indoctrination and a profile of cult members and their leader. Clinical management along with a rationale for the attraction of some adolescents to cults are discussed. A case study of a vampire cult and the psychopathology identified in the leader of the cult are provided. Import for clinicians is offered.

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