Robert Van Voren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4620204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Van Voren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Voren |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VOREN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9010-3115 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“One more front in the dirty war”
This paper examines the instrumentalisation of psychiatric procedures and the complicity of physicians and mental health professionals in the state-sponsored terror of Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983). Hitherto, these episodes have remained largely underexplored in broader historiography, as have their implications for modern psychiatric ethics. Drawing on archival records, victim testimonies, and secondary sources, this paper …
The dangers of using diagnoses outside of established psychiatric nosology in the courtroom
Akin to many jurisdictions, Switzerland has a dual system of sanctions comprising sentences and measures. To order a therapeutic measure per Article 59 or 63 of the Swiss Criminal Code, the presence of a "severe mental disorder" must be determined. Before the new legal precedent, this required a medical diagnosis according to recognised classification systems like the ICD or DSM. The court then decided if a disorder was "severe" in the legal sens…
Fifty years of political abuse of psychiatry – no end in sight
Undigested Past
On Dissidents and Madness
Foreword By Leonidas Donskis Introduction Chapter 1: The Soviet Union on my mind Chapter 2: The Soviet Union in 1980 Chapter 3: The world of couriers Chapter 4: Campaigning for dissidents Chapter 5: Demonstrating in Poland Chapter 6: Playing musical chairs with the WPA Chapter 7: The Soviet Union in 1985 Chapter 8: Sleeping behind my desk Chapter 9: Intermission, and back to work Chapter 10: The gorillas of Sakharov Chapter 11: The mouse and the …
Nationalism in the USSR
Nationalism in the USSR
On Dissidents and Madness
Foreword By Leonidas Donskis Introduction Chapter 1: The Soviet Union on my mind Chapter 2: The Soviet Union in 1980 Chapter 3: The world of couriers Chapter 4: Campaigning for dissidents Chapter 5: Demonstrating in Poland Chapter 6: Playing musical chairs with the WPA Chapter 7: The Soviet Union in 1985 Chapter 8: Sleeping behind my desk Chapter 9: Intermission, and back to work Chapter 10: The gorillas of Sakharov Chapter 11: The mouse and the …
Undigested Past
Fifty years of political abuse of psychiatry – no end in sight
The dangers of using diagnoses outside of established psychiatric nosology in the courtroom
Akin to many jurisdictions, Switzerland has a dual system of sanctions comprising sentences and measures. To order a therapeutic measure per Article 59 or 63 of the Swiss Criminal Code, the presence of a "severe mental disorder" must be determined. Before the new legal precedent, this required a medical diagnosis according to recognised classification systems like the ICD or DSM. The court then decided if a disorder was "severe" in the legal sens…
“One more front in the dirty war”
This paper examines the instrumentalisation of psychiatric procedures and the complicity of physicians and mental health professionals in the state-sponsored terror of Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983). Hitherto, these episodes have remained largely underexplored in broader historiography, as have their implications for modern psychiatric ethics. Drawing on archival records, victim testimonies, and secondary sources, this paper …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 1985-1991 (1 work)