CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF TV PSYCHOTHERAPY S NATURE AND EFFECTS.

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1991
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TITLE: CALL (R COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF TV PSYCHOTHERAPY'S NATURE
AND EFFECTS. TELESEANSY: KTO MESHAYET ISPYTANIYAM
DOC REF: TRUD iTRUDA), 900124, NR 20, 4
INF CTY: USSR R)
INF DATE: 900124
COSATI: BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (06)- I^O_'-MMUNICATIONS
(FORMERLY PART OF COSATI CODES 09 AND 17) (25)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: ABSTRACT. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 6, 1990 ISSUE
OF THE DAILY SNAP.
THE ARTICLE SURVEYS OPINIONS AND LAYMEN REGARDING CONTROVERSH.
METHODS WHICH MEDICAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST A. KASHPIROVSKIY AND OTHE?
PROFESSED HEALERS 'AVE BEEN USING. EXCERPTS ARE PUBLISHED FROM
TELEVISION INTERV--7 ;TCH WERE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
KASHPIROVSKI ; 7. ?A'E5 ;EV, CORRESPONDING MEMBER AND DEPUTY CH-,
SCIENTIFIC SECRETAR.' DF THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES;
ACADEMICIAN ..1. -,{AZNACSEYEV, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF CLINI-A-
AND EXPERIMENTAL M `D--C-NE OF 4MN SSSR'S SIBERIAN BRANCH.
INTERVIEWEES ATTACK-E' THE DECISION TO PERMIT BROADCASTING
KASHPIROVSKIY'S HYPNOTHEPAPY SESSIONS OVER NATIONWIDE TELEVISION
WITHOUT PRELIMINARY EXPERT EVALUATION OF CONDITIONS IN WHICH SUCH
THERAPY IS ADVISABLE. CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE IN REGARD TO THIS
MATTER WERE FIRST DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER I. DENISOV, WHO AUTHORIZED
THE TELECASTS; DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER V. LEPAKHIN; V. ILIN, DEPUTY
HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S MAIN SCIENTIFIC ADMINISTRATION; AND
A. KARPOV, CHIEF PSYCHIATRY SPECIALIST OF THE MINISTRY.
MEDVEDEV MENTIONED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL
PHYSIOLOGY IS IN FAVOR OF ORGANIZING OBJECTIVE RESEARCH OF
KASHPIROVSKIY'S METHODS BY ACADEMY SCIENTISTS, IF THE NECESSARY
FUNDS CAN BE OBTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE. POKROVSKIY ESTIMATED THE
COST OF SUCH A PROJECT AT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND RUBLES. HE
THOUGHT THAT PERSONS SUFFERING FROM NEUROSES AND FUNCTIONAL
DISORDERS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM TELEVIZED THERAPY; ON THE OTHER HAND,
TEMPORARY REMISSION OF SYMPTOMS IN PERSONS SUFFERING FROM GRAVE
ORGANIC ILLNESSES MIGHT DELAY RENDERING OF NEEDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
TO THESE PEOPLE. KASHPIROVSKIY EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO SUBMIT HIS
METHODS TO FRANK DISCUSSION AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING, PROVIDED
RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS WERE PUBLICIZED FAIRLY AND
OBJECTIVELY. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO LEAVE THE TASK OF
INFORMATION GATHERING TO SPECIALISTS, HOWEVER.
KAZNACHEYEV REPORTED.THAT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAD JUST COMPLETED A
SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF EFFECTS WHICH CERTAIN KINDS OF
OPERATORS (THOSE WITH EXTRASENSORY CAPABILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE)
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PRODUCE ON LIVING CELLS, HE MENTIONED THAT JOINT WORK IN THIS
DIRECTION IS BEING DONE WITH AMERICAN SCIENTISTS OF A RESEARCH
CENTER IN MICHIGAN. ON THE BASIS OF THESE STUDIES, KAZNACHEYEV
CONTENDED THAT KASHPIROVSKIY'S PROCEDURES ARE NEITHER PSYCHOTHERAP--
NOR HYPNOSIS BUT INVOLVE A DIFFERENT PHENOMENON AN INFORMATION AND
ENERGY FLOW WHICH IS TRANSMITTED FROM ONE P7PSi^N TO ANOTHER EITHER
DIRECTLY OR VIA TELEVISION.T HAS BEEN DE'-:'ERMINED THAT SUCH A FLOW
CAN PRODUCE HARMFUL EFFECTS ON CELLS, REGARDLESS OF THE OPERATOR'S
INTENTIONS. UNCONTROLLED USE OF THIS PHENOMENON IS THEREFORE
DANGEROUS, LN KAZNACHE E'4 ' S OPINION.
KAZNACHEYEV THOUGHT THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD BE SOLVED ONLY BY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE ESSENCE OF LIVING MATTER, WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF SPECIALISTS IN AREAS OTHER THAN MEDICINE. HOWEVER.,
NO WORK IN THE FIELD OF BIOPHYSICS (AS DISTINGUISHED FROM PHYSICS OE
LIVING MATTER) IS BEING DONE IN THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT PRESENT.
KAZNACHEYEV THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT THE USSR UNION OF SCIENTIFIC
AND ENGINEERING SOCIETIES' ALL UNION COMMITTEE ON INTERCHANGE !'G'
ENERGY AND INFORMATION IN NATURE BE ENLISTED _N RESEARCH OF IHT..S
PROBLEM, AND THAT SPECIALISTS OF AMERICA, JAPAN AND OTHER EUROPI'='n
COUNTRIES TAKE PART IN IT. HE BELIEVED THAT SUCH POOLING )`'
RESOURCES WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN RESULTS IN ABOUT A YEAR
AND A HALF.
RELATES: V POKROVSKIY AND V KAZNACHEYEV ARE MEMBERS OF AKAD
MEDITSINSKIKH.:NAUK SSSR.
PERSON: POKROVSKIY, V
PROTITLE: PRESIDENT
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
PERSON: KAZNACHEYEV, V
PROTITLE: ACADEMICIAN
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
FACILITY: AKAD MEDITSINSKIKH NAUK SSSR
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
PERSON: MEDVEDEV, V
PROTITLE: CORRESPONDING MEMBER
PERS CTY: USSR (UR) '
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FACILITY: AKAD NAUK SSSP
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
FACLDATA: FACILITY NAME EQUATE AVAILABLE
RELATES: I DENISOV AND V LEPAKHIN ARE 'EMBERS OF MIN
ZDRAVOOKHRANENIYA SSSR.
PERSON: DENISOV, I
PROTITLE: DEPUTY MINISTER
HERS CTY: USSR (UR)
PERSON: LEPAKHIN, V
PROTITLE: DEPUTY
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
FACILITY: MIN ZDRAVOOKHRANENIYA SSSR
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
PERSON: ILIN, V
PROTITLE: HEAD
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)-
PERSON: KARPOV, A .
PROTITLE: PSYCHIATRIST
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
PERSON: TSAREGORODTSEV, A
PROTITLE: DEPUTY MINISTER
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
FACILITY: OTDELENIYE FIZIOLOGII
SUPERIOR: AKAD NAUK SSSR
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
RELATES: V KAZNACHEYEV IS A MEMBER OF SIBIRSKOYE OTDELENIYE (AKAD
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PERSON: KAZNACHEYEV, V
PROTITLE: DIRECTOR, ACADEMICIAN
PERS CTY: USSR (UR)
FACILITY: SIBIRSKOYE OTDELENIYE
SUPERIOR: AKAD MEDITSINSKIKH NAUK SSSR
SUBORD: INST KLINICHESKOY I EKSPERIMENTALNOY MEDITSINY
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
FSUBORD: FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
PFN INFORMATION: PART 007
FACILITY: VSESOYUZNYY KOMITET PO ENERGOINFORMATSIONNOMU OBMENU V
PRIRODE
FACL CTY: USSR (UR)
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