mk-ultra (Cameron), Mackenzie Phillips - Impact of Incest
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Fall Guide: Sarah Anne Johnson Conjures a Mind-Control Center
By Robert Shuster 9/8/09
In 1956, Johnson's maternal grandmother, Velma Orlikow, sought help
for her severe postpartum depression at Montreal's Allan Memorial
Institute, a hospital housed inside a Gothic mansion formerly called
(the name is pure grade-B Hollywood) Ravenscrag. In fact, real horror
did await: Orlikow and other patients had no idea that they'd been
lured into the world of MK-ULTRA—a secret program, funded by the CIA,
to develop brutal methods for mind control. At the hands of a doctor
(and brainwashing specialist) named Ewen Cameron, Orlikow endured
years of torture, involving, Johnson says, "shock treatment way past
the recommended levels" and "crazy cocktails of drugs, including LSD
mixed with speed." She didn't escape, Johnson explains, because "back
then, you didn't doubt your doctor," then adds, dolefully, "I think
she fell in love with him." Another glance into that dollhouse reveals
two clay figures inside a snow cave: the stout Orlikow, naked with a
bag on her head, dancing with Cameron. "I always knew I was going to
make work about this," says Johnson, whose family didn't discover the
truth until 1977, a year after Johnson's birth, when Orlikow's husband
read an exposé in The New York Times. More facts emerged as Orlikow
spearheaded a class-action suit against the CIA (settled out of court,
after her death, in 1988), but as a young artist, Johnson initially
found the story too complex to take on.
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Mackenzie Phillips Highlights the Impact of Incest - By Deborah Huso
9/09
Thomas Nagy, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor at Stanford
University School of Medicine says he believes most incidents of
incest never come to light and, as a result, countless individuals go
without treatment. He also states that it's impossible to say that
incest that continues into adulthood is necessarily conducted on a
consensual level. "When the victim encounters that abuser again in
adulthood, in that moment, they've dissociated into an adolescent
mindset again," he points out. That's why it's so important for
victims of abuse to seek and stick with therapy for the long haul.
"These victims have to grow boundaries and learn how to find a sense
of self again." "It's always traumatic in the long run," Nagy adds,
whether the incest begins when a child is six or 17. "It's child
abuse, and there is no such thing as consensual sex with a
child."....If victims don't seek treatment, whether children or
adults, long-term impacts can be many and may include everything from
depression and substance abuse to nightmares, withdrawal and
promiscuity. "The effects vary depending on age and whether or not the
relationship was long-term," Borys adds (Debra Borys, Ph.D., a Los-
Angeles-based therapist). The most common adult response to past
incestuous sexual abuse, says Nagy, is the development of delayed
onset post-traumatic stress disorder. "Adult victims will almost
certainly have mood disorders as well as physical disorders like
gastrointestinal problems or chronic pain," he explains.
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