John Hochman

John Ira Hochman (born 1946) is an American forensic psychiatrist and surgeon who has written about the psychology of "cults", abuse and false memory syndrome. He has been actively involved in a variety of different branches of the anti-cult movement since the early 1980s.
Career
Hochman was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department to interview Mark Fuhrman in 1981, and the defense later filed his report in the Simpson case. Hochman had concluded that Fuhrman may have been trying to exaggerate his problems in order to qualify for a disability pension.
Hochman was also consulted during a 2004 lawsuit involving Michael Jackson, and assisted the defense during the case. In a different case in 2006, Hochman examined Heather Tallchief, an armored car thief, and determined that she had been subjected to undue influence from Roberto Solis, after Tallchief claimed she had been brainwashed. Upon request of the prosecution in the case, Tallchief's defense counsel refused to produce the test results on which Hochman based his determination of mind control.
In 2007, Hochman told Houston Press that he had seen some patients who had attended the ManKind Project's retreat.
Publications
;Articles
*"A Forensic Psychiatrist Evaluates ESP", February 2003, John Hochman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles
*"Recovered Memory Therapy And False Memory Syndrome", Skeptic vol. 2, no. 3, 1994, pp. 58-61.
*Review, "Leaders and Followers: A Psychiatric Perspective on Religious Cults", Formulated by the Committee on Psychiatry and Religion, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Report No. 132. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 1992, 70 pages., Reviewer: John Hochman, M.D.
*"Miracle, Mystery and Authority: The Triangle of Cult Indoctrination", Psychiatric Annals, April 1990

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