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Psychiatry in the United States and the USSR: A Comparison

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.12.1333

On the basis of personal observations made during a recent tour of the Soviet Union and on an investigation of the literature on Soviet psychiatry, the author presents a brief description of psychiatry in the USSR, a comparison of the Soviet and American systems of psychiatry, and a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each system.

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