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==Controversy== Contributing to his ostracization from psychoanalytic circles, deMause was a contributor to the [[Satanic ritual abuse]] hysteria of the early 1990s, in part via the circulation of his article "Why Cults Terrorize and Kill Children",<ref>{{Cite web |title=PsycNET |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-41441-001 |access-date=2019-07-22 |website=psycnet.apa.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=deYoung |first=Mary |date=1996-09-01 |title=A painted devil: Constructing the satanic ritual abuse of children problem |journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=235–248 |doi=10.1016/1359-1789(95)00009-7 |issn=1359-1789}}</ref> where he labelled skeptics of reports of the abuse "molesters" and "pedophile advocates".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sjöberg |first=R. L. |date=1997-12-01 |title=False allegations of satanic abuse: Case studies from the witch panic in Rättvik 1670–71 |journal=European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=219–226 |doi=10.1007/BF00539929 |issn=1435-165X |pmid=9443001|s2cid=1110453 }}</ref> The article was used as a reliable source by ritual abuse proponents.
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