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Elli Perkins: When Scientology Refused Schizophrenia Treatment
Minds in the Mirror Ep 3: Faith Over Medicine – When Scientology Refused Schizophrenia Treatment
In this powerful episode of Minds in the Mirror: Mental Health & Murder, we examine one of the most heartbreaking cases where religious ideology clashed with medical reality.
On March 13, 2003, Elli Perkins — a talented glass artist and devoted Scientologist — was brutally murdered by her 28-year-old son Jeremy. He st*bbed her 77 times in their family kitchen. Jeremy suffered from severe, untreated paranoid schizophrenia. For years he had been hearing voices and experiencing dangerous delusions…
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