BATTLE FOR THE MIND
A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing
William Sargant
Malor Books, 1997
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The reader will understand Pavlov's model of brain changes following trauma, and its application to psychotherapy, shock treatments, religious conversion, political brainwashing, brainwashing in ancient times, the eliciting of confessions, and the forming of new social groups.
Over forty years after it was written, Sargant's BATTLE FOR THE MIND makes disparate and complicated mental and behavioral phenomena understandable. His research in World War II showed that with enough battle exposure, every soldier eventually shows the symptoms of battle-fatigue, shell-shock, or what we know now as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He went further to look at similar processes in religious conversion, spirit possession, brainwashing, political conversion, and the consultation of oracles in the ancient world.
William Sargant, an English psychiatrist, was a leading physician in psychological medicine for many years. During World War II, he worked on the problem of understanding battle-fatigue and developed innovative treatments for it.
9 CE credits; 274 pages
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