Political abuse of psychiatry
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political-abuse-of-psychiatry-164-8645693
title:
Political abuse of psychiatry
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Mental Hygiene Act Political abuse of psychiatry, also known as punitive psychiatry, refers to the misuse of psychiatric diagnosis, detention, and treatment to suppress individual or group human rights in society. This abuse involves the deliberate psychiatric diagnosis of individuals who require neither psychiatric restraint nor treatment, often for political purposes. Psychiatrists have been implicated in human rights abuses worldwide, particularly in states where diagnostic criteria for menta
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Misuse of psychiatry to obstruct human rights
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry
date created:
2010-05-03T18:17:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T23:17:51Z
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