(CNSNews.com) – Real-life “vampires” who consume small amounts of human or animal blood resist coming “out of the coffin” for fear that they will be labeled as “delusional, immature, unstable … perhaps wicked, and not competent to perform in typical social roles, such as parenting,” according to a new study in the latest issue of Critical Social Work, a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Windsor.
The aim of the self-funded study, which was led by Idaho State University Director of Social Work D. J. Williams, was to examine the way that self-identified vampires were treated by social workers.