<unk>  (RTS) is recognized in psychology and psychotherapy as a set of symptoms, ranging in severity, experienced by those who have participated in or left behind authoritarian, dogmatic, and controlling<unk>  groups and belief systems. Symptoms include cognitive, affective, functional, and social/cultural issues as well as developmental delays. RTS occurs in response to two-fold<unk> : first the prolonged abuse of indoctrination from a controlling<unk>  community, and secondly the act of leaving the controlling<unk>  community. RTS has developed as its own heuristic collection of symptoms informed by psychological theories of<unk>  originating in PTSD, C-PTSD and betrayal<unk>  theory, taking relational and social context into account when approaching further research and treatment. The term<unk>  was coined in 2011 by psychologist Marlene Winell in an article for British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, though the phenomenon was recognized long before that. The term has circulated among psychotherapists, former fundamentalists, and others recovering from<unk>  indoctrination. Winell explains the need for a label and the benefits of naming the symptoms encompassed by RTS as similar to naming anorexia as a disorder: the label can lessen shame and isolation for survivors while promoting diagnosis, treatment, and training for professionals who work with those suffering from the condition. Survivors report relief when they find out that RTS is “real.”
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Rape trauma syndrome
Environmental dependency syndrome
Sudden wealth syndrome
Suicide crisis
Daughter from California syndrome
FACES syndrome
Baxter Althane disaster