Nearly every aspect of SRA is controversial, including its definition, the source of the allegations and proof thereof, testimonies of alleged victims, and court cases involving the allegations and criminal investigations. The panic affected lawyers, therapists, and social workers handling of allegations of child sexual abuse. Allegations initially brought together widely dissimilar groups, including religious fundamentalists, police investigators, child advocates, therapists, and clients in psychotherapy. The term "satanic abuse" was more common early on; this later became "satanic ritual abuse" and further secularized into simply "ritual abuse". It became more associated with dissociative identity disorder (then called multiple personality disorder) and anti-government conspiracy theories.