Campaign against Psychiatric Abuse (CAPA). British section of the Geneva initiating committee against abuses of psychiatry for political purposes Archives
Period 1975-1988
Total size 0.04 m.
Consultation Not restricted
History
A symposium on medical ethics and abuses of psychiatry for political purposes was held in Geneva in April 1975; the Campaign against Psychiatric Abuse (CAPA), founded in 1975, was the British section of the Geneva initiating committee against abuses of psychiatry for political purposes; campaigned against the fate and treatment of prisoners detained in psychiatric hospitals and prison hospitals and against the systematic abuse of psychiatry for political purposes; involved in campaigns which led to the release of Vladimir Borisov, Vladimir Bukovsky, and Leonid Plyushch.
Content
Correspondence, bulletins, and other documents on the campaign against the fate and treatment of USSR prisoners detained in psychiatric hospitals and prison hospitals and against the systematic abuse of psychiatry for political purposes in the USSR 1975-1988.
