Peter A. Olsson

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Peter A. Olsson
Born1941 (age 8384)
Alma mater University of Vermont
Baylor College of Medicine
Wheaton College
Known forMalignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders From the Rev. Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden
Awards1979 Judith Baskin Offer Prize
Scientific career
Fields Psychiatry, psychoanalysis
Institutions Dartmouth Medical School
Website drpeterolsson.com

Peter A. Olsson (born 1941) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author. He is author of the book, Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev. Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden. [1] Olsson won the 1979 Judith Baskin Offer Prize for his paper "Adolescent Involvement with the Supernatural and Cults."

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Medical career

Olsson has practiced medicine as a psychiatrist for more than 30 years in Texas and New Hampshire. He has published many scholarly papers and contributed chapters to eight books about psychology. [2] [3]

Olsson is an assistant professor of psychiatry, supervising medical residents at Dartmouth Medical School; [4] Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Baylor College of Medicine; Past President of the Houston Psychiatric Society; a graduate of the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute; Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis; and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. [5]

Olsson won the 1979 Judith Baskin Offer Prize for his paper "Adolescent Involvement with the Supernatural and Cults." [6] [5]

Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time

Prior to publishing Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time in 2005, Olsson had written scholarly articles on the subject; specifically on Osama bin Laden and Shoko Asahara. These include "A Malignant Pied Piper: Osama bin Laden", [7] which also appeared as Chapter 5 in the book Jihad and Sacred Vengeance: Psychological Undercurrents of History, [8] and "Shoko Asahara: The malignant pied piper of Japan". [9] It was positively reviewed. [10] [11]

In 2006, Olsson gave the plenary speech at the annual meeting of The American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians, where he spoke about his book, and took questions from fellow physicians. [12] [13]

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References

  1. Turco, R. (Fall 2006). "Commentary on Khalid and Olsson's "Suicide Bombing: A Psychodynamic View"". Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 34 (3): 539–577. doi:10.1521/jaap.2006.34.3.531. ISSN   1546-0371.
  2. Other published articles, Peter A. Olsson, M.D., retrieved 1/17/2006.
  3. Scholarly articles, Peter A. Olsson, M.D., Google Scholar search.
  4. Dr. Mardy Grothe Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine , Quotes of the Week, Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2005
  5. 1 2 Applied Clinical Study of Destructive Cults Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine , Houston Psychiatric Society
  6. Olsson, Peter A. (1980). "Adolescent Involvement with the Supernatural and Cults: Some Psychoanalytic Considerations". Annual of Psychoanalysis. 8: 171–196.
  7. Olsson, Peter A. (2002). "A Malignant Pied Piper: Osama bin Laden" . Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. 4 (4): 465–468. doi:10.1023/A:1020348416903.
  8. Piven, JS (2002). Piven, Jerry S.; Boyd, Chris; Lawton, Henry W. (eds.). Jihad and Sacred Vengeance: Psychological Undercurrents of History. Writers Club Press. ISBN   978-0-595-65042-2.
  9. Olsson, Peter A. (May 1996). "Shoko Asahara: The malignant pied piper of Japan". Mind and Human Interaction. 7 (2).
  10. Dole, Arthur A. (2008). "Book Review - Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Reverend Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden". Cultic Studies Review . 7 (1). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  11. Turco, Ronald (2006). "Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time". Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (34): 574. doi:10.1521/jaap.2006.34.3.539.
  12. Annual Meeting Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine , The American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians, May 21, 2006
  13. The National Scientific Meeting, May 21, 2006, in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association conference, Toronto, Canada.