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The leader of the commission was Alexandr Podrabinek who published a book Punitive Medicine [6] containing a ‘white list’ of two hundred of prisoners of conscience in Soviet mental hospitals and a ‘black list’ of over one hundred medical staff and doctors who took part in committing people to psychiatric facilities for political reasons.
The "anti-Soviet" political behavior of some individuals – being outspoken in their opposition to the authorities, demonstrating for reform, and writing critical books – were defined simultaneously as criminal acts (e.g., a violation of Articles 70 or 190–1), symptoms of mental illness (e.g., "delusion of reformism"), and susceptible to a ready-made diagnosis (e.g., "sluggish ...
The Soviets were readmitted to the WPA under conditions [150] and on the ground of having made a public confession of the existence of previous psychiatric abuse and having given a commitment to review any present or subsequent cases and to sustain and introduce reforms to the psychiatric system and new mental health legislation. [145]
The OECD reported [32] that the reforms only exasperated existing issues in the Soviet system. The population's health has deteriorated on virtually every measure. Private health care delivery has not managed to make many inroads and public provision of health care still predominates. The resulting system is overly complex and very inefficient.
Soviet psychologists (42 P) Pages in category "Soviet health professionals" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
MOH was obliged to take active measures against deficiencies in the health care system, and to further develop and implement measures to improve it. [2] The MOH, with the help of other ministries and Soviet institutions, was responsible for the construction of new medical institutions around the country.
Tarsis denounces Soviet psychiatry as pseudo-science and charlatanism and writes that, firstly, it has pretenses of curing the sickness of men's souls, but denies the existence of the soul; secondly, since there is no satisfactory definition of mental health, there can be no acceptable definition of mental disease in Soviet society. [73]
Mental health in the Soviet Union (2 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "Health in the Soviet Union" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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