When he became depressed and went to a Soviet psychiatrist, he was encouraged to find a direction in life, a goal.

Chertok also had some contact with Soviet psychiatrists.

A Soviet patient will have the right to insist that Soviet psychiatrists not be present at an interview conducted by the American psychiatrists.

But at the end of the interview, Soviet psychiatrists, American psychiatrists and the patient will meet to jointly discuss the case.

At that time, the Soviet psychiatrist can put forth the justification for why the patient was committed.

But at the same time, leading Soviet psychiatrists continue to deny that they ever had much of a problem in the first place.

Soviet psychiatrists have used a highly aversive drug called sulfazine ostensibly to enhance treatment responses to neuroleptic medication.

Under the arrangement, Soviet psychiatrists would carry out reciprocal visits to mental patients in the United States.

The trip, should Moscow approve it, would represent a new kind of exchange between Soviet and American psychiatrists, according to experts here.

Some Soviet psychiatrists say that Freud's theories offer the society new ways to understand itself.