Peter A. Olsson

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Peter A. Olsson
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materUniversity 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
FieldsPsychiatry, psychoanalysis
InstitutionsDartmouth Medical School
Websitedrpeterolsson.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."

  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.