Synanon

...the history of the troubled teen industry and its origins in a controversial group founded in 1958 called Synanon. Synanon claimed that it could cure addiction to heroin, and its methodologies such as attack therapy, forced confessions, and...

In this article: North Star, Psychology Today, George Miller, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, and Attack therapy

...sessions that became to be known as the "Synanon Game". Synanon ultimately became the cultish Church of Synanon in the 1970s, and Synanon disbanded permanently in 1989 due to many criminal activities, including murder and attempted...

In this article: California, Tax, Internal Revenue Service, and Philip K. Dick

...passed to RCA in 1920. The station was closed in 1939, though other nearby radio stations on the Point Reyes Peninsula still operate today. Synanon, a drug rehabilitation cult, owned it from the early 1960s until 1980, when it was purchased...

In this article: Tomales Bay, Bodega Bay, North Pacific Coast Railroad, Guglielmo Marconi, Marin County, Pacific Ocean, and Ramsar Convention

...an attorney at law specializing in the prosecution of fanatical cults or religious leaders. He is most recognized for his cases against Synanon, a drug rehabilitation group in the 1970s, which attempted to kill Morantz and derail his efforts...

In this article: Taliban, Point Reyes Light, Unification Church, Jan and Dean, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Venom

...a collector's item in the 1980s. During her time as a motivational speaker, Fisher was affiliated with the rehabilitation movement Synanon, which she credited with helping her beat her addiction. She also had ties to Phoenix House, a...

In this article: Florrie Fisher, Amy Sedaris, Strangers with Candy, Brooklyn, Miami, Florida, Miami, Florida Police Department, and Phoenix House

...published since 1948 in western Marin County, California. The Light gained national attention in 1979 due to its reporting on a cult, Synanon, and the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the paper for this coverage. Recently, the paper has itself been...

In this article: The Point Reyes Light, Injunction, San Francisco Examiner, and Point Reyes Station

...which he played with Buddy Rich's band, Pepper reached the depths. Sick almost literally unto death, in 1969 he checked himself into Synanon. There he met Laurie, who, along with methadone maintenance, proved to be therapy and salvation. He...

In this article: Gus Arnheim, Art Pepper, Narcotic, Heroin, Stan Kenton, Methadone, Texas Monthly, and Stroke

...Light won the Meritorious Public Service gold medal for an , a onetime drug-rehabilitation program that changed its name to the Church of Synanon and evolved into a violent cult. The Light began reporting on Synanon, which was headquartered...

In this article: Church of Synanon, Pulitzer, Antel, and Stanford University

...baseball player Jackie Robinson in 1950. He went on to appear in more than 20 films, including The Young One, The Devil At 4 O'Clock, Synanon, The Swimmer, Walk The Walk and The Organization. He received critical acclaim for his...

In this article: Bernie Hamilton, Barbara Barrie, Los Angeles, Oakland Technical High School, One Potato, Two Potato, The Young One, and Paul Michael Glaser

...Medical Centre, said his son, Raoul Hamilton. Hamilton appeared in more than 20 films, including The Young One, The Devil at 4 O'Clock, Synanon, The Swimmer, Walk the Walk and The Organization. He also made guest appearances on...

In this article: Bernie Hamilton, Starsky and Hutch, Cardiac arrest, Avalanche, The Devil at 4 O'Clock, The Young One, Hamas, and Paul Michael Glaser