Cold War in psychiatry : human factors, secret actors / Robert van Voren.

By:

Voren, Robert van

Material type: Text

TextSeries: On the boundary of two worlds ; 23.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 512 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789042030473
904203047X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cold War in psychiatry.DDC classification:

616.8900947 22

LOC classification:

RC451.S65 V67 2010eb

NLM classification:

2010 K-198
WM 11 GA1

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Contents:

pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. The curtain opens -- pt. 3. Act one -- pt. 4. Act two -- pt. 5. The final act -- pt. 6. The curtains close -- pt. 7. Conclusion.

Summary: For 20 years Soviet psychiatric abuse dominated the agenda of the World Psychiatric Association. It ended only after the Soviet Foreign Ministry intervened. Cold War in Psychiatry tells the full story for the first time and from inside, among others on basis of extensive reports by Stasi and KGB - who were the secret actors, what were the hidden factors?Based on a wealth of new evidence and documentation as well as interviews with many of the main actors, including leading Western psychiatrists, Soviet dissidents and Soviet and East German key figures, the book describes the issue in all its complexity and puts it in a broader context. In the book opposite sides find common ground and a common understanding of what actually happened.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-499) and indexes.

pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. The curtain opens -- pt. 3. Act one -- pt. 4. Act two -- pt. 5. The final act -- pt. 6. The curtains close -- pt. 7. Conclusion.

For 20 years Soviet psychiatric abuse dominated the agenda of the World Psychiatric Association. It ended only after the Soviet Foreign Ministry intervened. Cold War in Psychiatry tells the full story for the first time and from inside, among others on basis of extensive reports by Stasi and KGB - who were the secret actors, what were the hidden factors?Based on a wealth of new evidence and documentation as well as interviews with many of the main actors, including leading Western psychiatrists, Soviet dissidents and Soviet and East German key figures, the book describes the issue in all its complexity and puts it in a broader context. In the book opposite sides find common ground and a common understanding of what actually happened.

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