This weekend I shall focus on the quantitative study I am running exploring the mental health of former Exclusive Brethren - looking at what factors might have an impact on this such as how the person left, what level of loss did they experience, is time a great healer as many think etc. Anyone reading this who has not taken part please go to peebs.net and click on the green banner at the top. I am also going to work on the qualitative research - I find this much harder to do maybe because it asks more of me. Playing with numbers is so much easier!! It doesn't touch me in the same way that the qualitative research does - reading through the transcripts of the interviews and trying to understand the participants worlds is hard work emotionally for me, so much of it is close to my own experience. I am going to start posting some of Lifton's factors of thought reform hoping that someone will comment! So watch this space