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Patient Advocacy
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
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)