Brainwashing in Small Groups,China or America: A Counselor's View

Brainwashing in small groups is an issue of both past and current concern. Some claim that brainwashing is a workable method of mind control, others say it is an impossibility. Harrigan offers the view that brainwashing, as a technique to implant a particular belief system, does work, but that the success of the technique is dependent on the development of intense relationships among the people involved. The article points up similarities between Chinese brainwashing and American religious cultism.