Russia's Failure to Move Away from Soviet-Era Psychiatric Care Exposed by Fire Deaths

Over 36 mentally ill patients died in Russia following a fire at a dilapidated wooden psychiatric facility, underlining the presence of the old Soviet system of punitive psychiatry used against political dissidents Two staff and 36 patients -- apparently too sedated or disorientated to escape from their mass dormitory with barred windows -- perished in the fire that broke out on Friday. In the wake of the tragedy, Russia's national rights ombudsman Valery ...

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