Lessons from history: The politics of psychiatry in the USSR

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-361

  Spencer, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; History; Nosology; Politics; Psychiatry; USSR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; USSR;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; USSR; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0034256491     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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