“Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union”

Obama is now using mental health workers and social workers as spies.

In the Soviet Union, systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place.[1] Psychiatry of the Brezhnev period was used as a tool to eliminate political opponents (“dissidents”), people who openly expressed their views that contradict officially declared dogmas.[2] In case the person did not agree with the specific actions of people in leading positions and criticized them by using philosophic dogmas according to the writings by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, the term “philosophical intoxication” was widely used to diagnose mental disorders.[3] This method was also employed against religious prisoners and most especially against well-educated former atheists who adopted a religion. In such cases their religious faith was determined to be a form of mental illness that needed to be cured.[4] Formerly highly classified extant documents from “Special file” of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published after the dissolution of the Soviet Union demonstrate that the authorities of the country quite consciously used psychiatry as a tool to suppress dissent.[5]

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2 Responses to “Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union”

  1. Ira says:

    I remember from c 1970 that the Soviet’s Psychiatrists organization dubbed it “sluggish schizophrenia.”

  2. phodges says:

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    Written By Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly, J.D.

    How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have ….“A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition…

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