For further information on mind control techniques, various cultic groups and support services for families and victims, follow the links to these sights recommended by ESAMA.

While those of us at ESAMA feel that the following links are informative and educational, we do not necessarily endorse or support any of the views expressed within linked websites listed at the Links page of this website. They are provided only for the convenience of researchers and those concerned.

American Family Foundation
AFF, the leading professional organization concerned about cults and psychological manipulation, was founded in 1979.  AFF is known for its professionalism, its practical resources and services for families, former group members, mental health professionals, clergy, attorneys, educators, and young people are based on scholarly study, research, and clinical experience.

Info-Cult/Secte 
Info-Cult, based in Montreal, Quebec, offers a fast, convenient research service from their on-site holdings. They have one of the most extensive collections in Canada of material on various groups and topics.

The Ross Institute
A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. They have a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. On-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources.

Resource Centre for Freedom of Mind
Resources, news and information about destructive cults, and mind control techniques, as well as learn how to help yourself and others. Steven Alan Hassan is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is an expert on destructive mind control issues.

Factnet
Breaking News and Information on Cults and Mind Control since 1993

Cult Information Centre
Based out of London, England, CIC is an educational charity providing advice and information for victims of cults, their families and friends, researchers and the media.

Reading List:

• Releasing The Bonds, Steven Hassan, Freedom of Mind Press
  
• Cults In Our Midst, Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich, Jossey-Bass Publishers
  
• Captive Hearts, Captive Minds, Madeleine Landau Tobias and Janja Lalich, Hunter House Publishers
  
• Combatting the Cult Mind Control, Steven Hassan, The Aquarian Press
  
• Recovery From Cults, edited by Michael D. Langone, WW Norton & Company
  
• A Piece of Blue Sky, Jon Atack, Carol Publishing Group