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[[The New York Times]] was accused of continuing to recycle a decades old story in a "continuing trend of repetition".<ref>Advances in the History of Psychology: [http://ahp.yorku.ca/?p=123 “Punitive psychiatry” still practiced in Russia?]</ref> | [[The New York Times]] was accused of continuing to recycle a decades old story in a "continuing trend of repetition".<ref>Advances in the History of Psychology: [http://ahp.yorku.ca/?p=123 “Punitive psychiatry” still practiced in Russia?]</ref> | ||
The existence of this diagnosis has led to questions on the part of supporters of [[anti-psychiatry]] about the existence of schizophrenia in general, about whether it is diagnosed properly, and about political misuses of the schizophrenia diagnosis in the West. | The existence of this diagnosis has led to questions on the part of supporters of [[anti-psychiatry]] about the existence of schizophrenia in general, about whether it is diagnosed properly, and about political misuses of the schizophrenia diagnosis in the West. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:45, 2 August 2011
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Sluggishly progressing schizophrenia or sluggish schizophrenia was a category of schizophrenia diagnosed by psychiatrists in the Soviet Union.Template:Views needing attribution At the time, Western psychiatry recognized only four types of schizophrenia: catatonic, hebephrenic, paranoid, and simple. The diagnostic criteria for this fifth category were so vague that it could be applied to virtually any person not suffering from mental function impairment and having interests beyond survival needs.Template:Views needing attribution The diagnosis was sometimes appliedTemplate:Weasel-inline to dissidents who were not in fact mentally ill, so that they could be forcibly hospitalized in mental institutions and subjected to treatments including powerful antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy.
The New York Times was accused of continuing to recycle a decades old story in a "continuing trend of repetition".[1]
The existence of this diagnosis has led to questions on the part of supporters of anti-psychiatry about the existence of schizophrenia in general, about whether it is diagnosed properly, and about political misuses of the schizophrenia diagnosis in the West.
References
- ↑ Advances in the History of Psychology: “Punitive psychiatry” still practiced in Russia?