The annual ICSA International Conference brings together researchers, health professionals, service providers, and survivors and their families from around the world to engage in open dialogue on the most pressing themes around cultic studies. The 2026 conference explores the theme: Expanding the scope of coercive control: Understanding abusive dynamics and their impacts across interpersonal, institutional, and cultic contexts. Log in to access the conference’s on-demand presentations and join live sessions at their scheduled times.
Published date
27.06.2026
This pre-recorded presentation explores how shunning, ostracism, and other coercive control dynamics can contribute to autolytic and suicidal behaviors, highlighting the need for greater research, awareness, and context-specific intervention approaches.