US/USSR Psychiatry Delegation Records 1976-2005 (bulk 1987-1991)
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Summary Information
US/USSR Psychiatry Delegation Records United States. Delegation to Assess Recent Changes in Soviet Psychiatry
1976-2005 (bulk 1987-1991)
3.75 linear feet (5 boxes)
Correspondence, reports, drafts, psychological testing instruments, subject files, and audio and video recordings which document a 1989 joint NIMH/U.S. State Department delegation visit to the Soviet Union to assess the state of Soviet psychiatry. The delegation focused on the diagnosis status, treatment, and human rights protections given to political and religious dissidents who had been involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals. MS C 626 Collection materials primarily in Englishand Russian
History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
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