Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union

Wilfried Rasch

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Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union

Abstract

In the company of other university colleagues, the author visited 1989 institutions of forensic psychiatry in the Soviet Union. Since the early 1970's, Western mass media and scientific journals have accused Soviet psychiatry of allowing itself to be misused in the pathologisation of dissidents. The author examines these charges against the background of the political function which is accorded psychiatry, not onl y in the USSR but also in Western democrac ie s. In his opinion, it was a wise decision on the part of the World Association of Psychiatry in October 1989 to reinstate the Soviet Society of Psychiatry to full membership status and he wishes to stress that neither forensic psychiatry in the Federal Republic of Germany nor in other Western countries has any grounds for self-righteousness or complacency.

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References

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Forensic Biology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Wilfried Rasch This is me
Germany

Publication Date

April 30, 1992

Submission Date

January 1, 1992

Acceptance Date

January 15, 1992

Published in Issue

Year 1992 Volume: 8 Number: 1

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https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ

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APA

Rasch, W. (1992). Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union. Adli Tıp Dergisi, 8(1), 27-41. https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ

AMA

1.Rasch W. Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union. J For Med. 1992;8(1):27-41. https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ

Chicago

Rasch, Wilfried. 1992. “Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a Study Visit to the Soviet Union”. Adli Tıp Dergisi 8 (1): 27-41. https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ.

EndNote

Rasch W (April 1, 1992) Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union. Adli Tıp Dergisi 8 1 27–41.

IEEE

[1]W. Rasch, “Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union”, J For Med, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 27–41, Apr. 1992, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ

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Rasch, Wilfried. “Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a Study Visit to the Soviet Union”. Adli Tıp Dergisi 8/1 (April 1, 1992): 27-41. https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ.

JAMA

1.Rasch W. Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union. J For Med. 1992;8:27–41.

MLA

Rasch, Wilfried. “Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a Study Visit to the Soviet Union”. Adli Tıp Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 1, Apr. 1992, pp. 27-41, https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ.

Vancouver

1.Wilfried Rasch. Pitfalls of Forensic Psychiatry Addenda to a study visit to the Soviet Union. J For Med [Internet]. 1992 Apr. 1;8(1):27-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62MH25NJ