Brainwashing and Other Forms of Mind Control

Whether or not you want it to be, mind control is here today. It is having as effect on the complicated and mysterious brain in your head. While brainwashing is an imprecise, overused term which has no exact medical or legal meaning, it has become a common part of the vocabulary of people of all ages. Ranging from the benign form of behavior modification used to help a schoolchild become a better reader, to the use of electroshock therapy on a prisoner, mind control is arousing the interest of a wide variety of people. Is it good or is it bad? These are questions that can only be answered by examining the motives, the methods, and the results. Large numbers of people today are learning to control their own minds through various approaches such as meditation, behavior modification, biofeedback, and other techniques. Many who once had to be kept in straightjackets so they would not mutilate themselves are responding to behavior therapy. Weight reduction, the treatment of alcoholics, and therapy to overcome phobias are just a few of the thousands of subjects being tackled by mind control. What is happening to the young people who join religious cults that are being accused of brainwashing? This book explores all these forms of mind control and the ways it affects people today and tomorrow. --- from book's dustjacket