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United States. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

US/USSR Psychiatry Delegation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 626
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1976-2005 (bulk 1987-1991)
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections