Editing Mind Dynamics (section)

== Investigated for fraud, practicing medicine without a license ==
In December 1972,<ref>{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = The Fresno Bee, [[Fresno, California]]
  | date = June 10, 1973
  }}<br>"The California attorney general filed suit against Mind dynamics In December, charging The company made false claims about benefits of The course."
</ref> Mind Dynamics was investigated for [[practicing medicine without a license]], and fraudulent representation of the potential benefits of participating in their coursework.<ref name="charleston">{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = Charleston Daily Mail
  | date = December 15, 1972
  }}
</ref><ref name="west" /><ref>{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = The Modesto Bee and News-Herald, [[Modesto, California]]
  | date = December 14, 1972
  }}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = Winnipeg Free Press
  | date = December 15, 1972
  }}
</ref>  The company was also investigated by the state of California for making fraudulent claims.<ref name="Wittebols">{{cite book
  | last = Wittebols
  | first = James H.
  | title = Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America: A Social History of the 1972-1983 Television Series
  | publisher = McFarland & Company
  | year = 2003
  | pages = 95
  | isbn =  0-7864-1701-3}}
</ref>  A lawsuit brought forth by the State of California in 1973 requested that Mind Dynamics be barred from what California referred to as its unlawful practice of medicine.<ref name="oakland">{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = Oakland Tribune, [[Oakland, California]]
  | date = February 18, 1973
  }}
</ref>  [[William Penn Patrick]] was named as a party with Mind Dynamics in the lawsuit.<ref name="oakland" />

Mind Dynamics ceased operating in 1973, after being investigated and charged with fraud and practicing medicine without a license.<ref name="west">{{cite book
  | last = Scherr
  | first = Raquel L.
  |author2=Leonard Michaels |author3=David Reid
   | title = West of the West: Imagining California : an Anthology
  | publisher = [[University of California Press]]
  | year = 1995
  | pages = 290
  | isbn =  0-520-20164-7}}
</ref>  According to an article in ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]'', as of 1974, the State of California was still seeking to enjoin the company from making fraudulent claims, and [[Medical Doctor|practicing medicine]] without a [[Medical license|license]].<ref name="forbes">{{cite news
  | last = Staff
  | title = The Power Of Positive Eyewash
  | work = [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]
  | pages = Features, Page 22
  | date = December 1, 1975
  }}<br></ref>