Although not sponsored by any of the many Cuban-exile groups, the group hopes for their support. Cuban- born, who received medical training at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, and moved to Florida to set up private practice in 1988. He admits the information he seeks is not easy to obtain. The APA plans a mission to Cuba if Cuban officials will permit them to select a Cuban American as part of their delegation. To date, they have no such permission.
Communist theory holds that incarceration is for reeducation.
Therefore, the State Security apparatus took control of the diagnostic process from non-party psychiatrists in many political cases, the authors said. Psychiatry has become a tool of state repression. The authors said the victim may be forcefully strapped to or merely held down on a damp floor possibly covered with vomit, urine, and excrement from earlier cases. He or she may be doused with cold water to improve electrical conductivity. Usually, no physician is present.