Scientology Psychiatrist Video

Guide Note

In a video leaked on February 7, 2008, Scientology president David Miscavige, addressed a rally of church members. He spoke about about the church's 2006 campaign to "obliterate" the profession of psychiatry.¹

The broke down the campaign's finer points including the how they had "Boobie trapped the whole mental health eco-system". Miscavige went on to detail the groups psych abuse hotline, action committee, their plan to "yank" psychiatrists state licenses and the Federal Drug Administration's criticism of antidepressants.¹

Fast Facts

1. Taken at the Church's 2007 New Year's event
2. Speaker: David Miscavige
3. Celebrity tie-in: Kimora Simmons¹
4. Corporate tie in: Coca-Cola, 7-11 and ConocoPhillips¹
5. Book mentioned: Way to Happiness
6. Scientology program highlighted: Narcanon

"That campaign was expressly, maybe even diabolically, engineered to ignite both government action and media blizzard. It's also got an internal kicker: our Mental Health Budget Adjustment kit, which essentially works like a smart bomb in that it sniffs out psych fuel lines and blows the funding mechanism."—David Miscavige²