Soviet Psychiatry, 1988
Scope and Contents
The Harvey Fireside Papers are concerned with the psychiatric abuse of Soviet dissidents between 1979 and 1987. The papers document the efforts of American psychiatrists, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Committee on Abuse of Psychiatry, Amnesty International, the United Nations, and other international organizations, to stop this abuse in the Soviet Union. In addition, there is mention of similar cases in South Africa, Uruguay, Chile, and... Argentina.
In particular, as a representative of Amnesty International, Fireside worked very closely with the APA in the effort to free Dr. Anatoly Koryagin, a psychiatrist imprisoned for many years. There is also some documentation of the work of European psychiatrists, principally from Sweden and England. A number of these documents are in Russian. Finally, there are photographs of many of the Soviet dissidents.
Along with the papers of Richard Bonnie, Saleem Shah, and Dr. Loren Roth, this collection is a valuable resource for scholars studying politically based psychiatric abuse.
Dates
- Creation: 1988
Creator
- From the Collection: Fireside, Harvey F., 1929-2008 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 2.3 Linear Feet (6 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Russian
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu