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William Walters Sargant (April 24, 1907 - August 27, 1988), psychiatrist, Founder and Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine at St Thomas' Hospital in London, where he established a laboratory for mind control experiments. He was also a consultant to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI5/MI6).

William Sargant was a pioneer in methods of placing false memories into patients. He attested at the 1977 U.S. Senate hearing, "that the therapist should deliberately distort the facts of the patient's life-experience to achieve heightened emotional response and abreaction. In the drunken state of narcoanalysis patients are prone to accept the therapist's false constructions."

In 1957 William Sargant published one of the first books on the psychology of brainwashing, Battle for the Mind.

Quotes

"...Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern [psychiatric] treatments." - William Sargant

References

Wellcome Library - http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/20/2898.htm
1977 U.S. Senate hearing on MKULTRA,
Joint Hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommitte on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Wed, August 3, 1977 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/index.htm
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing04.htm#f27
Battle for the Mind, by William Sargant, Malor Books, 1997, ISBN 1883536065

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-'''William Walters Sargant''' ([[April 24]], [[1907]] - [[August 27]], [[1988]]), psychiatrist, Founder and Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine at [[St Thomas' Hospital]] in [[London]], and a leading physician in psychological medicine.
+'''William Walters Sargant''' ([[April 24]], [[1907]] - [[August 27]], [[1988]]), psychiatrist, Founder and Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine at [[St Thomas' Hospital]] in [[London]], where he established a laboratory for [[mind control]] experiments.  He was also a consultant to the [[MI5|British Secret Intelligence Service (MI5]]/[[MI6]]).
-William Sargant was a pioneer in methods of researching the effects of placing false memories into patients. In the [1977]] [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] on "Truth Drugs in Interrogation" he is quoted: "In therapy, the British narco-analyst William Sargent recommends that the therapist deliberately distort the facts of the patient's life-experience to achieve heightened emotional response and abreaction. In the drunken state of narcoanalysis patients are prone to accept the therapist's false constructions."
+William Sargant was a pioneer in methods of placing false memories into patients.  He attested at the [[1977]] [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] hearing, "that the therapist should deliberately distort the facts of the patient's life-experience to achieve heightened emotional response and abreaction. In the drunken state of narcoanalysis patients are prone to accept the therapist's false constructions."
-In [[1957]] William Sargant published one of the first books on the psychology of [[mind control|brainwashing]] and the phenomena of sudden religious conversion: ''Battle for the Mind''.
+In [[1957]] William Sargant published one of the first books on the psychology of [[mind control|brainwashing]], ''Battle for the Mind''.
-== Works ==
+== Quotes ==
-* ''Battle for the Mind'', by William Sargant, Malor Books, 1997, ISBN 1883536065
+"...Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern [psychiatric] treatments." - William Sargant
-* ''Mind Possessed, The : A Physiology of Possession, Mysticism, and Faith Healing'', 1975, ISBN 014004034X
 == References ==
-* Wellcome Library - http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/20/2898.htm
-* 1977 U.S. Senate hearing on MKULTRA,<BR>Joint Hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Wed, August 3, 1977 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/index.htm<BR>http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing04.htm#f27
+* Wellcome Library - http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/20/2898.htm
+* 1977 U.S. Senate hearing on MKULTRA,<BR>Joint Hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommitte on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Wed, August 3, 1977 - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/index.htm<BR>http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing04.htm#f27
+* ''Battle for the Mind'', by William Sargant, Malor Books, 1997, ISBN 1883536065
 == See Also ==
 * [[Brainwashing]]
 * [[Mind control]]
-* [[Religious conversion]]
+* [[Project MKULTRA]]
+* [[Wylie McKissock]]
+* [[Frank Olson]]
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