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Sep 1, 2005
Celebrity triggers tumult over psychiatric care: Did the news media make things worse? — Psychiatric Times
Type: Press
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Michael Jonathan Grinfeld Source:
Psychiatric Times Take years of research, clinical observations, technological advancements and scientific discovery, and then subject them to derision and skepticism during a celebrity rant that's part of a promotional tour for an upcoming movie, and suddenly it's a media event. Sounds odd, but it describes what happened after Tom Cruise decided to take on psychiatry while hawking his new movie, War of the Worlds , and the news media decided to turn the story into the latest shouting match for talking heads. While ...
Sep 1, 2005
Tom Cruise, Scientology bash psychiatry; APA fires back — Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Type: Press
Author(s):
Amanda Chesworth Source:
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry “It is irresponsible for Mr. Cruise to use his movie publicity tour to promote his own ideological views and deter people with mental illness from getting the care they need.” —– So states Dr. Steven Sharfstein, president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), in response to recent talk show activities of actor Tom Cruise. Weeks earlier, Cruise had criticized actress Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants for postpartum depression. Cruise believes all psychiatry to be pseudoscience, chemical imbalances to be imaginary, and ...
Aug 11, 2005
Scientology vs. Psychiatry; Scientology Explored — CNN
Type: Press
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Anderson Cooper Source:
CNN COOPER: It's no secret that Tom Cruise is a devoted, outspoken member of the Church of Scientology. That has not always been the case. There was a time when the subject of his religion was off limits to reporters and to interviewers. Not so now. Just ask Matt Lauer who got lectured by Cruise weeks ago on what the actors says are the evils of psychiatry. Now, while some are surprised by the chance in Cruise, former Scientologists insist it's really ...
Jul 1, 2005
War of Words — New York Times
Type: Press
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Brooke Shields Source:
New York Times I WAS hoping it wouldn't come to this, but after Tom Cruise's interview with Matt Lauer on the NBC show "Today" last week, I feel compelled to speak not just for myself but also for the hundreds of thousands of women who have suffered from postpartum depression. While Mr. Cruise says that Mr. Lauer and I do not "understand the history of psychiatry," I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Mr. Cruise has never suffered from postpartum depression. ...
Jun 30, 2005
Scientology Timeline // Important dates for Scientology — ABC News
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ABC News May 9, 1950: "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" by L. Ron Hubbard is published. June 7, 1951: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation established in Elizabeth, N.J. May 1952: The Wichita, Kan., Dianetics training center is moved to Phoenix. Hubbard publicly announces the formal establishment of the philosophy of Scientology and the formation of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. July 1952: "Scientology: A History of Man" published. February 1954: Church of Scientology founded in Los Angeles. 1956: The church is ...
Jun 29, 2005
Inside Scientology — CNNMore: Daily Motion
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anderson Cooper Source:
CNN COOPER: Well today Tom Cruise's new film "War of the Worlds" hits theaters. And for the actor, a lot is riding on the success of this film. In recent days, Cruise has stunned audiences by lecturing "Today Show" Host Matt Lauer, as well as Actress Brooke Shields, on what he believes are the evils of psychiatry and antidepressant medication.
Now this week the reaction from the medical community has been swift and strong. In the next half hour, we're focusing not ...
Jun 29, 2005
Shrinks fight back against Cruise missile — New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has sharply criticised actor Tom Cruise for televised remarks in which he called psychiatry a "pseudo science" and disputed the value of anti-depressant drugs. "It is irresponsible for Mr Cruise to use his movie publicity tour to promote his own ideological views and deter people with mental illness from getting the care they need," APA President Dr Steven Sharfstein said in a statement. During interviews promoting his latest film, War of the Worlds, Cruise has discussed ...
Jun 28, 2005
Missionary Man: Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology — Spiegel Online
Type: Press
Author(s):
James Verini Source:
Spiegel Online Tom Cruise has become a top proselytizer for Scientology. Is it because of a new private conviction, or a new public role for the church itself? In the course of just a few months, Tom Cruise has made an astounding public leap: He has transformed himself from one of the world's biggest movie stars into one of the oddest. It's not just his sudden romance with and engagement to actress Katie Holmes, which has not yet managed to shake the air ...
Jun 27, 2005
Tom Cruise discusses psychiatry, Scientology — CBC News
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CBC News Actor Tom Cruise sparred with Today show host Matt Lauer last week over the merits of psychiatry. Although his ostensible reason for appearing on the morning show was to promote this week's release of War of the Worlds , Cruise got into a heated debate when Lauer brought up comments that Cruise has made in the past about depression. The on-air argument is the latest in a growing number of interviews in which Cruise, known for his roles in movies like ''Minority ...
Jun 25, 2005
A couch Tom Cruise won't jump on // Actor lambastes psychiatry on 'Today' — Washington Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Washington Post Okay, should we address him as Dr. Tom Cruise from now on? Or will the Rev. Dr. Cruise suffice? Whatever: Anybody who watched the actor's performance on NBC's "Today" show yesterday witnessed an unsettling transformation. The movie star, who has long embraced Scientology, launched a full-bore assault on the psychiatric profession, sticking to a script that his church (founded, mind you, by a hack science fiction writer) has been promoting for decades. "Psychiatry is a pseudoscience," he told host Matt Lauer, ...
Jun 25, 2005
Tom Cruise: 'It's just a great time in my life' — MSNBC
Type: Press
Author(s):
Matt Lauer Source:
MSNBC The past few weeks have been full of excitement for Tom Cruise. "Today" host Matt Lauer sat down with the actor and talked about his new love, his new movie, "War of the Worlds," and the recent firestorm he caused when he commented on Brooke Shield's use of therapy and drugs to cure her postpartum depression. Matt Lauer: Anything at all interesting happening in your life these days? Tom Cruise: Well, you know, same old, same old. Lauer: Same old you ...
Jun 1, 2005
Tom Cruise: Entertaining or Dangerous? — Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Type: Opinion
Author(s):
Harold S. Koplewicz Source:
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology The interchange between Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer on the Today show was a premeditated attack on psychiatrically ill patients. While Mr. Cruise’s claims of expertise in the history of psychiatry were unchallenged, as physicians and psychiatrists we know the complex facts he distorted and the damage such glib untruths cause. Like all of medicine, psychiatric knowledge is far from perfect. However, despite side effects the discovery of antipsychotic medications helped free millions of patients from unrelenting hallucinations and from long ...
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