Essays about Government and Politicians

Institutional Betrayal, Institutional Courage, and Politicians

• Smidt, A.M. & Freyd, J.J. (2018). Government Mandated Institutional Betrayal [Editorial] Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 19, 491-499. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2018.1502029

• Freyd, J.J. & Casper, M.J. (2025). Senators Must Resist Trump’s Cabinet of Sexual Abusers, The Edge, 16 January 2025.

DARVO and Politicians

• Fitzgerald, L.F. & Freyd, J.J. (2017). Trump’s DARVO defense of harassment accusations. The Boston Globe, 20 December 2017.

• Harsey,S. & Freyd, J.J. (2025). Trump’s tariff gaslighting has a name: It’s DARVO, The Hill, 9 April 2025. 

DARVO in the Courts

• Harsey, S. & Freyd, J.J. (2022). Defamation and DARVO [Editorial]. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 23, 481-489, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2022.2111510 (free access)

• Harsey, S. & Freyd, J.J. (2022). Deny, Attack, Blame: The Prosecution of Women Reporting Rape, MsMagazine.com, 28 November 2022.