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Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union

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In the [[Soviet Union]], systematic [[political abuse of psychiatry]] took place. Psychiatry of the [[Brezhnev]] period was used as a tool to eliminate political opponents ("dissidents"), people who openly expressed their views that contradict officially declared dogmas.

In case the person did not agree with the specific actions of people in leading positions and criticized them by using philosophic dogmas according to the writings by [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], the term "philosophical intoxication" was widely used to diagnose mental disorders.

== See also ==
* ''[[The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease]]''

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