Punitive Psychiatry: When Diagnosis Replaces the Court
Punitive psychiatry did not disappear after the collapse of the USSR. It was redesigned.This investigative documentary reconstructs how the Russian state revived and modernized the Soviet system of punitive psychiatry, transforming medical diagnosis into a mechanism of political control.Using court records, psychiatric classifications, and legislative documents, this video traces the system from the Soviet-era concept of “sluggish schizophrenia,” developed in the 1960s, to its contemporary equivalent — schizotypal personality disorder (F21) — now applied to political dissidents in Russia.The…
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