Resurgent trends in punitive psychiatry in the Russian Federation

The political abuse of psychiatry (i.e., punitive psychiatry) involves the misuse of diagnostic procedures and coercive treatment to marginalise civil dissent and impose social controls. Past instances of punitive psychiatry have been documented throughout the former Soviet Union, China, Eastern Europe, South America, and other jurisdictions. The 2022 invasion of Ukraine has coincided with an alarming resurgence of these practices in the Russian Federation to suppress anti-war opposition, eliciting minimal condemnation from the global medical community.

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