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ABUSE OF PSYCHIATRY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

When John Hinckley, the would be assas-
Sin of President Reagan, was found not
guilty by reason of insanity, the ver-
dict aroused a controversy over the role
of psychiatry; and journalists, politi-
cians and even the jurors themselves
called for changes in U.S. criminal law.

In this case critics felt that varia-
tions in psychiatric interpretations
were being used to protect a guilty man.

What they failed to note was that this
coin has a far more dangerous other
side...the fact that psychiatry can be
abused for socio-political ends, and be
used to deprive innocent individuals
of their human rights.

A well known example of this is the
"institutionalization" of political
dissidents in the Soviet Union. How
ever, the situation does not end there;
rather there is a potential for abuse

of psychiatry in many areas of our
lives.

This latter aspect will be analyzed in
the lecture "Abuse of Psychiatry, and
Human Rights", presented by Aida
Meshaka, Ph.D., a Sociology Instructor
at Douglas College. The lecture will
be held Wednesday, November 3 at 8:00
p.m. in the Buchanan Building of the
University of British Columbia.

According to Dr. Meshaka, it is impor-
tant for the public to become aware of
the socio-political impact of psy-
chiatry. This will ensure that psy-
chiatrists assume their social respon-
sibility.

NOTICE. OF. MEETING

A meeting of the Contract and Temp. II

faculty has been scheduled for Tuesday,
November 2 at 1615 hours, in Room 308cd
at the McBride Site.

The agenda will include the election of
Faculty Association Representatives and
other business.

Charles Marxer

 

 

 

 

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