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Tom Cruise

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L. Ron Hubbard, 16 Feb 1969, "TARGETS, DEFENSE":

«The names and connections, at this time, of the bitterly opposing enemy are:
1) Psychiatry and psychology (not medicine).
2) The heads of news media who are also directors of psychiatric front groups.
3) A few key political figures in the fields of "mental health" and education.
4) A decline of monetary stability caused by the current planning of bankers who are also directors of psychiatric front organizations would make us unable to function.»

«Policy is that we assign any case or upset in Scientology to past damage and interference with the person by medicine or psychiatry.»

L. Ron Hubbard in HCOPL, 5 October 1971, "Propaganda by Redefinition of Words":

«The way to redefine a word is to get the new definition repeated as often as possible. Thus it is necessary to redefine medicine, psychiatry and psychology downward and define Dianetics and Scientology upwards. This, so far as words are concerned, is the public opinion battle for belief in your definitions, and not those of the opposition. A consistent, repeated effort is the key to any success with this technique of propaganda.»

Ushma S. Neill, Executive Editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation in Tom Cruise is dangerous and irresponsible:

«My favorite part of this interview was when Cruise equated psychiatrists to drug dealers. “You know what? I’m sure drug dealers on the street, in some way, they are making money. That’s what I equate it to. Here is the thing: you have to understand, with psychiatry, there is no science behind it. And to pretend that there is a science behind it is criminal” (2). In Cruise’s eyes, there are a lot of us criminals, including the 38,000 members of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), who have issued several statements disagreeing with many of Cruise’s exhortations about the mental health field. I suppose now would also be an appropriate time to mention my particular conflict of interest — I am the daughter of a psychiatrist/neurologist. That said, my father, and most responsible physicians, are well-trained scientists who do not run around willy-nilly dispensing controlled substances nor filling irresponsible prescriptions to, in Cruise’s words, “drug the piss” (2) out of their patients.»

Scientology critics wish Jeremy Perkins, a schizophrenic, had been treated with the proper medication. But his scientologist mother treated him with vitamins. Scientologists are taught that psychiatrists are evil, thus it is unlikely they will seek proper treatment when they need it.

Tory Christman: Scientology, Medication and My Life While "In", On Medication:

«Anyways, I spent years trying to get off of the medications I needed, unsuccessfully. I went back on the medications I needed, as my Mother had pointed out, "No, Dianetics won't fix it! Tory, they're going to KILL you!" I had fallen in the shower and broke my front teeth, and was losing my memory daily. Finally I agreed to return to taking my medications. I spent years and years and years being looked down on, Just as Tom did the other day, by Scientologists who thought they knew better.»

Tom Cruise is being a good scientologist: they believe all psychiatrists are evil, they are the ones to hate, and he is certainly going along with that... According to a central doctrine of Scientology, psychiatrists were key allies of Xenu, a galactic ruler that staged a coup 75 millions years ago...

Tom Cruise thinks that Matt Lauer "is glib," Tom Cruise knows better about the real causes of mental illnesses, this is what Scientology taught him. But to acquire this "knowledge," it will cost you a lot of money, or maybe even your life.

A good start to find out about how scientific is Dianetics (and Scientology):

• Hubbard is Bare: Review of Hubbard's Theories by Jeff Jacobsen
• Operation Clambake: The Fabulous Fifties (collection of early articles evaluating Dianetics)
• Wikipedia: Scientific evaluations of Dianetics

My answer to Tom Cruise: You don't know the history of science. A lot of smarter minds not driven by dogmas know about it.

Tom Cruise

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The Telegraph's Trust Me I'm a Junior Doctor columnist, Max Pemberton, takes issue with the actor Tom Cruise's renewed attack on psychiatrists in Alien soul theory is no cure for depression:

People have been helped by taking the appropriate medication to treat their depression, and this was the case with that former scientologist: The Psychiatric Times: Prozac Frees Ex-Scientology Leader from Depression

Tom Cruise

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Scratching nose ...

Any body language expert around?

«Later in the same interview, Cruise discusses how he “recently helped a family have their daughter get off [ADHD] drugs . . . We stepped the [7-year-old] child off the drugs, got her vitamins and food. She has calmed down now and she has grown seven inches in about four months” (2). If true, this child should be examined for growth abnormalities, as a normal growth spurt occurs during puberty (12–14 years old in females) and is on average 3–5 inches. Hyperbole on the part of Mr. Cruise, perhaps? One would hope the child was under the care of a medical doctor.»

Tom Cruise

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«Throughout these and other interviews, Cruise spewed a number of irresponsible statements, attempting to pass them off as facts. However, several of Cruise’s statements are very easy to dispel as false.

With regard to the number of children currently taking drugs to control ADHD, Cruise is quoted as saying “[Psychiatrists] said, ‘Oh, you know, Ritalin is safe. It’s safe. It’s safe.’ Ritalin is an amphetamine” (2). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) begs to differ. Ritalin (a stimulant, but not an amphetamine) has been shown to amplify the release of dopamine and thereby improve attention and focus in individuals who have weak dopamine signals, such as those with ADHD (3). NIDA goes on to note that ADHD patients do not become addicted to Ritalin or similar medications when taken in the form and dosage prescribed by doctors, and it has been reported that individuals with ADHD who are treated with Ritalin are significantly less likely than those who do not receive treatment to abuse drugs and alcohol when they are older (4).»

Tom Cruise

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«Cruise believes the education of children is suffering due to extensive Ritalin use. In connection to the drug, he said, “SAT scores have gone right down the toilet” (2). Not so, says the College Board, the non-profit organization that designs, administers, and evaluates the SAT (scholastic aptitude test) and PSAT (preliminary SAT) among other tests and advanced placement courses. In a recent article about trends in test scores, the College Board said, “Consistent with a decade-long trend, SAT math scores have continued to rise. In 2002, the average SAT math score rose two points to 516.” The report does note that while “Verbal scores declined in 2002 [by 2 points] to an average of 504 for the entire test-taking population ... The average verbal score for 2002 is just 4 points higher than that of 1992” (5). I would dare say this report does not indicate that SAT scores are going down the toilet.»

Tom Cruise

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• to be a child in the Sea Org
• to be pregnant while a staff member of the Sea Org
• to be a target of Scientology's fair game policy
• to be assigned to Scientology's RPF
• to lose family members and friends to Scientology's disconnection policy
• to be left with no savings, and heavily indebted
• to be forcibly isolated for days, and left dying without proper medical care

«But again, back to Tom Cruise. He continued in his Access Hollywood interview to make note of how popular his methods have been. “You just have no idea what it’s like being me and all the people that want help. All the people that call that I talk to at 2 a.m. that ask for advice.” He continued: “People know that they can call me. They are respectful, actually. They don’t waste my time. They say, ‘Look, I need help at this. What should I do?’ And I help them. I have nothing to gain. I just want to see people do well. . . . I get so many letters from people thanking me. Thanking me for their children and for themselves” (2). Perhaps we should call Cruise and let him know what we think? Despite his eagerness to speak with people on the phone, I found it nearly impossible to find a phone number where I could reach him to get help with this editorial. But, should you decide to contact Cruise by mail, he can be reached care of Creative Artists Agency (9830 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90212, USA) or care of Church of Scientology International (6331 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California 90028, USA).»

Tom Cruise

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We certainly wish that Jeremy Perkins, a schizophrenic scientologist, would have been treated with the proper medication. His mother would certainly still be around today, since schizophrenia can be treated (not with vitamins as Mr. Cruise would like us to believe).

It is interesting to note that the Church of Scientology doesn't offer any cure for notable mental illnesses (oh wait! maybe they do), while at the same time they are vehemently against treating these mental illnesses with medication. Why do they keep the details of their purported treatments hidden from public view?

The Telegraph's Trust Me I'm a Junior Doctor columnist, Max Pemberton, takes issue with the actor Tom Cruise's renewed attack on psychiatrists in Alien soul theory is no cure for depression:

«In 2001, the Office of National Statistics' Birth and Maternal Death Linkage Survey found that the single biggest cause of death in women who are pregnant or have recently given birth is suicide. What a dreadful fact. We should be encouraging women to talk about their mental health problems, not vilifying them when they seek treatment.

Similarly, suicide is one of the single biggest killers of young men in Britain and a major contributing factor is their reluctance to seek treatment. Depression is treatable and suicide avoidable, yet it accounts for about one in 100 deaths a year. Of those people with a depressive illness, 10 to 15 per cent will kill themselves.

These people need understanding and help, whether it is drugs or other forms of therapy. What they don't need is Cruise condemning them for seeking psychiatric treatment. »

Tom Cruise

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"It masks the problem"... Let's see: one core belief of Scientology is that we (human) are invaded by clusters of dead alien souls (body thetans). As long as these "body thetans" are not "kicked out" through Scientology's expensive auditing, you can't really be happy: not possible, since they are the real causes of all our problems. As a matter of fact, high-level scientologists spend a good chunk of money and time auditing out these "body thetans" (often abbreviated "BTs"), and there is no end to it. A former high-level scientologist recounts:

Tom Cruise, being a good scientologist, really believe that Brooke Shield has clusters of body thetans attached to her, causing her postpartum depression. That makes so much more sense!

Of course, Tom Cruise denies this belief ^{[abc news]}: who would take Scientology seriously if he admitted to it ?

One of the most important aspect of being a scientologist in good standing is to keep Scientology growing (aside never doubting a single assertion of L. Ron Hubbard), and therefore lying is an acceptable practice for a member of the Church of Scientology — whatever it takes to spread Scientology:

— Watchman Fellowship: "Tom Cruise, Phone Home" by Bob Waldrep