Abstract

The history of this East German plane flight to Moscow is interesting enough to record. In 1983 the All Union Association of Soviet Psychiatrists and Neurologists left the World Psychiatric Association, when it became clear that a resolution condemning the abuse of psychiatry in the USSR was about to be adopted.

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  • In 1983 the All Union Association of Soviet Psychiatrists and Neurologists left the World Psychiatric Association, when it became clear that a resolution condemning the abuse of psychiatry in the USSR was about to be adoNpotewd,. apparently guided by 'glasnost ' and 'peres troÃka, the Russian psychiatrists are once again making overtures to the West

  • The Serbsky Institute, a psychiatric observation clinic of the Ministry of Justice where political dissidents were diagnosed as psychiatric patients, has been sending invitations to the West

  • It was Invitations were sent to Western lawyers, psychol ogists and psychiatrists to visit the Serbsky Institute in order to promote scientific contact

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In 1983 the All Union Association of Soviet Psychiatrists and Neurologists left the World Psychiatric Association, when it became clear that a resolution condemning the abuse of psychiatry in the USSR was about to be adoNpotewd,. The Serbsky Institute, a psychiatric observation clinic of the Ministry of Justice where political dissidents were diagnosed as psychiatric patients, has been sending invitations to the West. It was Invitations were sent to Western lawyers, psychol ogists and psychiatrists to visit the Serbsky Institute in order to promote scientific contact. When I introduce myself she tells me that she is called Helen and that the delegation will pro ceed this evening to Leningrad.

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