title: [The issue of cults in psychiatry].
abstract: The cult indoctrination, mechanisms operating within sects, manipulation techniques and the role of the leader are presented in the article. Authors discuss personality features and situational factors leading to cult-entering and psychopathological effects on cult members. There are also the basics of brainwashing and its efficiency included, followed by the psychiatrists and families position in diagnosing and therapy of cultists.
authors.affiliation: II Klinika Chorób Psychicznych, Katedry Chorób Psychicznych AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilikiewicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pietraszczyk-Kedziora
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011570:Psychiatry; D012069:Religion and Psychology
vernacular_title: Zagadnienie sekt w psychiatrii.