Soviet psychoprisons
By: Harvey Fireside.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Political prisoners -- Soviet Union; Psychiatric hospitals -- Soviet Union; Psychiatry -- Soviet Union
Other titles: Psychoprisons.
Description: Investigates the systematic abuse of psychiatry for political purposes in the Soviet Union, analyzing the cases of such dissidents as Zhores Medvedev and Leonid Plyushch and describing the psychiatris who administer treatment and the fate of those who refuse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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