“One more front in the dirty war”: The political instrumentalisation of psychiatry and the involvement of mental health professionals in state-sponsored human rights abuses during Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983)
Published online on May 31, 2026
Abstract
History of Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
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 ...
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 ...