Cold War in psychiatry : human factors, secret actors

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9042030461
ISBN: 9789042030466
ISBN: 904203047X
ISBN: 9789042030473
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 512 pages)
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Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-499) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.