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What is a thought reform program?

In essence, a thought reform program is a behavioral change technology applied to cause the learning and adoption of an ideology or set of behaviors under conditions. It is distinguished from other forms of social learning by the conditions under which it is conducted and by the techniques of environmental and interpersonal manipulation employed to suppress particular behavior and to train others .

Six conditions are simultaneously present in a thought reform program:

• obtaining substantial control over an individual's time and thought content, typically by gaining control over major elements of the person's social and physical environment,
• systematically creating a sense of powerlessness in the person,
• manipulating a system of rewards, punishment. and experiences in such a way as to promote new learning of an ideology or belief system advocated by management,
• manipulating a system of rewards, punishments, and experiences in such a way as to inhibit observable behavior that reflects the values and routines of life organization the individual displayed prior to contact with the group,
• maintaining a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure in the organization and
• maintaining a non-informed state existing in the subject.

Thought Reform Programs and the Production of Psychiatric Casualties