An adolescent vampire cult in rural America: Clinical issues and case study

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Miller, Thomas W ^a,c   Veltkamp, Lane J ^a   Kraus, Robert F ^a   Lane, Tina ^b   Heister, Tag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent cult; Rural America

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESTRUCTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGLECT; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIALIZATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FANTASY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 0032999735     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022613007676     Document Type: Article

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