Russia targets dissidents with punitive psychiatry
M Colborne - 2017 - Can Med Assoc
For Dr. Ilmi Umerov, the Soviet-era practice of punitive psychiatry is alive and well. The
former deputy chairman of the indigenous Crimean Tatars' self-governing body in Crimea …
former deputy chairman of the indigenous Crimean Tatars' self-governing body in Crimea …
Psychiatry as a tool of repression against dissidents in the USSR
R Van Voren - Darbai ir dienos, 2011 - ceeol.com
Generally speaking, the systematic use of psychiatry to incarcerate dissidents in psychiatric
hospitals started in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, there are cases of political …
hospitals started in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, there are cases of political …
Is there a resumption of political psychiatry in the former Soviet Union?
R van Voren - International Psychiatry, 2014 - cambridge.org
After the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in the spring of 2014, the former Soviet Union again
became front-page news. The sequence of events led to an atmosphere reminiscent of the …
became front-page news. The sequence of events led to an atmosphere reminiscent of the …
[HTML][HTML] On Dissidents and Madness: From the Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the “Soviet Union” of Vladimir Putin
DR Freebury - 2011 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Dr. Freebury is a training and supervising psychoanalyst with the Canadian Psychoanalytic
Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. distinguished itself as WPA's decisionmaking body. As …
Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. distinguished itself as WPA's decisionmaking body. As …
[BOOK][B] No asylum: state psychiatric repression in the former USSR
TC Smith, TA Oleszczuk - 1996 - Springer
No Asylum is a quantitative assessment of the incidence of state repression via the peculiar
institution of forced psychiatric hospitalization of evidently healthy Soviet dissidents. The …
institution of forced psychiatric hospitalization of evidently healthy Soviet dissidents. The …
Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Russian Variations on a Psychiatric Theme
R Reich - Psychiatry in Communist Europe, 2015 - Springer
Abstract In September 2011, as Russia was moving toward parliamentary elections, the
blogger and activist Aleksei Naval'nyi announced a contest for the best music video …
blogger and activist Aleksei Naval'nyi announced a contest for the best music video …
Psychiatry as a tool for coercion in post-Soviet countries
R Van Voren - 2013 - policycommons.net
During the 1960-1980s in the USSR, psychiatry was turned into a tool of repression. Soviet
psychiatry was cut off from world psychiatry and developed its own-highly institutional and …
psychiatry was cut off from world psychiatry and developed its own-highly institutional and …
Rethinking psychiatric terror against nationalists in Ukraine: spatial dimensions of Post-Stalinist state violence
O Bertelsen - Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal, 2014 - kmhj.ukma.edu.ua
This study focuses on psychiatric terror in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1980s applied to
nationalists who constituted approximately one-tenth of those who fell victim to political …
nationalists who constituted approximately one-tenth of those who fell victim to political …
Fifty years of political abuse of psychiatry–no end in sight
R Van Voren - Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Summary In October 1989, the General Assembly of the World Psychiatric Association
(WPA) accepted the Soviet psychiatric association back conditionally, after having been …
(WPA) accepted the Soviet psychiatric association back conditionally, after having been …
On dissidents and madness: from the Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the" Soviet Union" of Vladimir Putin
R Van Voren - On Dissidents and Madness, 2009 - brill.com
The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and
provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both …
provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both …