How cults affect mental health, social relations and politics

▲2022 International Symposium on Cults, Heresies and Emerging Religions In Paris ▲How cults affect mental health, social relations and politics PRESS RELEASE PARIS On July 15, 2022, an internatonal group experts and researchers specializing in the study of religion and psychology held its annual academic researchers and experts to discuss various aspects of their work and exchange views. Participants discussed how religious cults affect mental health, social relations and politics. The conference was opened by Didier Pachoud who presides the Group for the Study of Thought Movements for the Protection of the Individual (GEMPPI). Mr. Pachoud presented the activities of his group and discussed at length their efforts to help the victims of radical religious sects and their families and to prevent sectarian aberrations. Maxime Perrotin discussed his work on new religious movements in Asia-in South Korea and Japan. He focused his presentation on groups like the Unification Church of Su...