The long arm of repression: determinants of psychotherapy use among East Germans and its relevance for today’s institutional trust—psychotherapeutic implications of political repression in the former German Democratic Republic

The long arm of repression: determinants of psychotherapy use among East Germans and its relevance for today’s institutional trust—psychotherapeutic implications of political repression in the former German Democratic Republic

IntroductionMaintaining trust in social institutions is a critical challenge for Western democracies. We examine the role of psychotherapy on institutional trust in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR; now: New Federal States of Germany) which used open and covert methods to keep opposition m...

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Main Authors: Marie-Theresa Kaufmann, Hannah D. Nussmann, Ayline Heller, Christoph Kasinger, Elmar Brähler, Adrian Gallistl, Bernhard Strauß
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
psychotherapy
repression
system change
GDR
institutional trust
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1601917/full
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