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Ritual Abuse is a problem which some say never was, and which some say is
much more pervasive than most would want to believe - at any rate,
sufficient cases have been reported and investigated to have warranted
specific legislation against acts of Ritual Abuse in some states. Ritual
Abuse is quite often associated with extreme family dysfunction and is also
occasionally quite criminal in nature, above and beyond the simple fact of
being abuse.
Those who escape from cults or from ritual abuse carry with them scars that
often do not show, but which are for their invisibility nonetheless
crippling, often devastating. Though society often mocks and derides those
who have become "crazy" through some chemical imbalance which can be treated
with modern medications, the survivors of Cult and Ritual Abuse are oten
shattered into multiple personalities, or reduced to dissociative states.
These can be among the most crippling of mental infirmities.
Please be advised that the authors
of these pieces are more-than somewhat controversial.
An alarming indicator of the pervasiveness, indeed the alarming scope, of
Ritual Abuse, are the groups of survivors of occasionally-horrific and
indeed Satanic Ritual Abuse, who gather together in real or virtual spaces
to exchange information on healing and justice.
Please read this expose of the proposed
"Truth and Responsibility in Mental Health Practices Act (TRMP Act)".
This seems to be primarily a measure designed to remove certain classes of
nasty people from the risk of litigation.
Anyone considering participating in any UseNet discussions relating to past or
present issues under investigation or litigation should only post under
untraceable aliases, secure anonymization, or anonymizing moderation by a
trusted and secure route! Remember, UseNet is open to all, and traverses the
entire planet. It is extremely common for opposing litigants or
hostile parties to "lurk" or "troll" UseNet, particularly in victims'
newsgroups, looking for prejudicial or compromising information.
Indeed, one is well-advised to avoid the UseNet newsgroups entirely, except as
a means of gathering information (which should be taken with a grain of salt,
at least!) on web-sites, or listservs which may provide a more-secure conduit
for internetworked support groups.
Before posting to these newsgroups, you should always try to find and read the
FAQ (Frequently-Asked Questions).
German pages:
American-English pages:
and others who believe that Ritual Abuse is a "myth" or very rare
NEWSLISTS
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+ Sexual Abuse Recovery for survivors and their partners. To
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DATABASES
* PILOTS Database at Dartmouth College Library Online System There
are now 7,596 entries in the database, the world's largest
bibliographical compilation on traumatic stress. There is no
charge for using the database, and no account or password is
required.
+ PILOTSUser Guide (252 page ASCII file) via FTP:
ftp.129.170.16.79./pub/ptsd
+ PILOTS User Guide and information via WEB:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/
+ PILOTS Database via Dartmouth's Gopher:
gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/11/.subjects/.swk/.pilots
* Treating Abuse Today Database
Dept. DBF, 2722 Eastlake Ave E #300
Seattle, WA 98102
1-800-847-3964
E-mail 76430.2614@compuserv.com
+ FTP TAT_1994.ZIP from Crossroads (couldn't get the ftp URL
to work; so this is a temporary link until we can)
+ FTP at: OUBBSFTP.TELECOM.UOKNOR.EDU in the directory
TEXTFILS. The filename is TAT_1994.zip. (DOS-based shareware
program, includes comprehensive bibliography, list of
resources.) [Note: This is still apparently broken,
inquiries have been made.]