Detention on psychiatric grounds was a widespread repression tactic in the Soviet Union and continues to be used in "democratic" Russia. To prevent such abuses,

Detention on psychiatric grounds was a widespread repression tactic in the Soviet Union and continues to be used in "democratic" Russia. To prevent such abuses, any deprivation of liberty must be justified by a clear and immediate threat to life and subject to stringent safeguards and oversight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...