John Hochman

Infobox Scientist


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name = John Hochman, M.D.
birth_date = 1946
birth_place = United States
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residence = California, United States
nationality = American
field = Forensic Psychiatry
work_institution = Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
alma_mater = NYU School of Medicine, M.D.
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prizes = John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies, 1990
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footnotes = John Ira Hochman (born 1946) is an American forensic psychiatrist and surgeon who has written about the psychology of "cults", abuse and false memory syndrome. [ [http://www.psychjourney.com/Argument%20Against%20Therapy.htm Argument against recovered memory therapy] ]

Education

*Secondary Specialty, Forensic Psychiatry
*Board Certification in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1976
*Residency, Psychiatry, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
*Residency, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Flexible/Transitional Year Internship
*NYU School of Medicine, M.D.

Career

Hochman has been practicing medicine since 1970. [ [http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-John-Hochman-MD-FFE4505C.cfm Dr. John I. Hochman] , Health Grades] Hochman is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA. He has testified in over 100 depositions, and 90 trials and arbitration since 1980. [ [http://www.almexperts.com/ExpertWitness/experts_and_consultants/expert/5158903.html Expert Witness John Hochman] , ALM Experts, Corporate Counsel digital edition.] Hochman analyzed Mark Fuhrman, one of the detectives involved in the O. J. Simpson murder case.cite book
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first = Lou
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title = Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD
publisher = Westview Press
date = 1997
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pages = 552
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id = ISBN 0813337259] [cite book
last = Friedrichsmeyer
first = E.S.
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coauthors = Tom Lange
title = Evidence Dismissed: A Critical Commentary
publisher = Simon & Schuster
date = 1997
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pages = 319, 333
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id = ISBN 0671009605] He was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department to interview Furhman in 1981, and the defense later filed his report in the Simpson case. [cite news
last = Meier
first = Barry
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title = Simpson Lawyers Tell Court They Were Misled on Samples
work = The New York Times
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publisher = The New York Times Company
date = August 24, 1994
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A00E6DB1239F937A1575BC0A962958260
accessdate = ] Hochman had concluded that Furhman may have been trying to exaggerate his problems in order to qualify for a disability pension. [cite news
last = Butterfield
first = Fox
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title = Behind the Badge: A Special Report: A Portrait of the Detective in the 'O. J. Whirlpool'
work = The New York Times
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publisher = The New York Times Company
date = March 2, 1996
url = http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/reviews/fuhrman-profile.html
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Hochman was also consulted during a 2004 lawsuit involving Michael Jackson, and assisted the defense during the case. [cite news
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first = Dawn
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title = Defense loses bid to conduct mental testing of accuser, family Accuser's psychological records can be supoenaed
work = Santa Barbara News-Press
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publisher = Ampersand Publishing, LLC
date = November 30, 2004
url = http://www.newsbackup.com/about349144.html
accessdate = ] In a different case in 2006, Hochman examined Heather Tallchief, an armored car thief, and determined that she had been subjected to undue influence from Roberto Solis, after Tallchief claimed she had been brainwashed. [cite news
last = Lisa
first = Kim Bach
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title = Federal prosecutors get continuation in heist sentencing: Woman pleaded guilty after 12 years on run
work = Las Vegas Review Journal
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publisher = Stephens Media
date = March 1, 2006
url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-01-Wed-2006/news/6129081.html
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Hochman has been quoted in the media as an expert on cults. When asked why there is a prevalence of cults in California, he responded: "If you're going have a cult you might as well come where the weather's nice."cite news
last = McDermott
first = Anne
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title = What draws cults to California? The weather, of course!
work = CNN
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publisher = Time Warner
date = April 1, 1997
url = http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/01/california.cults/index.html?eref=sitesearch
accessdate = ] After a mass suicide incident, Hochman was interviewed by CNN on the inherent characteristics of a cult leader.cite news
last = Hinman
first = Al
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title = Mass suicides raise the question: Why? Experts point to vulnerable followers, strong leaders
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publisher = Time Warner
date = March 27, 1997
url = http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9703/27/nfm/suicide.psychology/
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Hochman admired the work of Dr. John Gordon Clark, and nominated him for the Psychiatrist of the Year Award, from "The Psychiatric Times", which Dr. Clark later received.cite news
last = Long
first = Tom
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title = Dr. John Clark, 73: Psychiatrist was authority on danger of cults
work = The Boston Globe
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date = Oct 10, 1999
url = http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general118.html
accessdate = ] He later described Dr. Clark as "a quiet, courageous man of conviction, who was fighting an all-too-lonely and unappreciated battle against well-financed, ruthless organizations."

Professional affiliations

*Advisory Board member, [http://www.fmsfonline.org/ FMS Foundation] , [http://www.fmsfonline.org/advboard.html Advisory Board Profiles]
*Editorial Board, "Cultic Studies Journal"

Awards, honors

*John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies, 1990 [ [http://www.fmsfonline.org/advboard.html#John%20Hochman FMSF Advisory Board] , Profile, John Hochman, MD.] (with Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D. [ [http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_conferences/archive/2004_aff_conference_AT_presenters.htm 2004 Conference] , Understanding Cults, New Religious Movements, and Other Groups, Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Eichel is a Co-Founder of RETIRN (Philadelphia, PA) and was a 1990 recipient of the John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies.] [ [http://www.retirn.com/Dr._Steve.htm Dr. Steve] , Steve Eichel website.] )

Publications

;Articles
* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/esp/esp4.html "A Forensic Psychiatrist Evaluates ESP"] , February 2003, John Hochman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles
* [http://www.psychjourney.com/Argument%20Against%20Therapy.htm "Recovered Memory Therapy And False Memory Syndrome"] , "Skeptic" vol. 2, no. 3, 1994, pp. 58-61.
* [http://www.csj.org/pub_csj/csjbookreview/csjbkrev92leaders.htm Review] , "Leaders and Followers: A Psychiatric Perspective on Religious Cults", Formulated by the Committee on Psychiatry and Religion, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Report No. 132. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1992, 70 pages., Reviewer: John Hochman, M.D.
* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/brainwashing/brainwashing14.html "Miracle, Mystery and Authority: The Triangle of Cult Indoctrination"] , "Psychiatric Annals", April 1990
* [http://www.sspx-cult.com/CultCharacteristics.htm#John%20Hochman Seven Characteristics] , John Hochman, MD, "What are the Characteristics of a Religious Cult?".

ee also

*List of cult and new religious movement researchers
*List of psychiatrists
*Elizabeth Loftus
*David S. Touretzky

References

External links

* [http://www.csj.org/infoserv_profile/hochman_john.htm Hochman, John, M.D., Profile] , ICSA