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'''Electronic harassment''', or '''psychotronic torture'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_5.html |page=5|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>, or '''electromagnetic torture'''<ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> describes either a ] or an unusual ], about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials<ref name=kmir20150212></ref>) of exotic ] to forcedly alter a victim's behaviour, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and ]. '''Electronic harassment''', or '''psychotronic torture''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_5.html |page=5|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> or '''electromagnetic torture'''<ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> describes either a ] or an unusual ], about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials<ref name=kmir20150212 />) of exotic ] to forcedly alter a victim's behaviour, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and ].


== Internet communities and psychological diagnoses == == Internet communities and psychological diagnoses ==
There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal ], along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs<ref name=pubmed20060201>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Vaughan|last2=Maiden|first2=Carla|last3=Muñoz-Solomando|first3=Antonio|last4=Reddy|first4=Venu|date=January 2, 2006|title=‘Mind control’ experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions. |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391510|work=]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref>, although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.<ref name=nyt20081112></ref> There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal ], along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs,<ref name=pubmed20060201>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Vaughan|last2=Maiden|first2=Carla|last3=Muñoz-Solomando|first3=Antonio|last4=Reddy|first4=Venu|date=January 2, 2006|title=‘Mind control’ experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions. |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391510|work=]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.<ref name=nyt20081112 />


Psychologists have identified evidence of ]s, ]s<ref name=kmir20150212>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829083519/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |title=Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind |last=Monroe|first=Angela |date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=2015-12-02|access-date=2016-03-10|dead-url=yes}}</ref> or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted by government agents through the use of electric fields, microwaves (such as in the ]) and radar to ], referring to technology called "voice to skull" or "V2K" (a US military designation for the microwave hearing effect).<ref name=WaPo20070114>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399.html |title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> Psychologists have identified evidence of ]s, ]s<ref name=kmir20150212>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829083519/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |title=Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind |last=Monroe|first=Angela |date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=2015-12-02|access-date=2016-03-10|dead-url=yes}}</ref> or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted by government agents through the use of electric fields, microwaves (such as in the ]) and radar to ], referring to technology called "voice to skull" or "V2K" (a US military designation for the microwave hearing effect).<ref name=WaPo20070114>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399.html |title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:39, 12 March 2016

This article is about purported harassment and torture with exotic energy weapons. For the harming or harassing via information technology networks, see Cyberbullying.

Electronic harassment, or psychotronic torture, or electromagnetic torture describes either a conspiracy theory or an unusual mental illness, about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials) of exotic energy weapons to forcedly alter a victim's behaviour, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and schizophrenia.

Internet communities and psychological diagnoses

There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal Psychopathology, along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs, although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.

Psychologists have identified evidence of auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted by government agents through the use of electric fields, microwaves (such as in the microwave auditory effect) and radar to transmit sounds and thoughts into their heads, referring to technology called "voice to skull" or "V2K" (a US military designation for the microwave hearing effect).

Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites and other psychologists are divided over whether such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles or act as a form of group cognitive therapy.

See also

Notes

  1. Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ Kershaw, Sarah (November 12, 2008). "Sharing Their Demons on the Web". New York Times.
  3. ^ Monroe, Angela (13 November 2012), Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind, archived from the original on 2015-12-02, retrieved 2016-03-10 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2015-08-29 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. Bell, Vaughan; Maiden, Carla; Muñoz-Solomando, Antonio; Reddy, Venu (January 2, 2006). "'Mind control' experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions". PubMed. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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