Mental Health Campaigns
(EN: This book is somewhat controversial - not merely because of its topic, but because of its origin. It is presented as a synthesis of various Soviet documents on the practice of brainwashing, but may in fact be a fabrication to provoke outrage and opposition to the communist party and due to its suspicious origin is considered that it may be a hoax or a work of science fiction. I've read it, and preserved notes, as it seems interesting and plausible, in spite of its dubious validity and origin.)
Operatives should be particularly attentive to opportunities to organize mental health clubs or support groups. When this can be done "for the betterment of the community" there is little resistance, and often public support of the initiative. The author appreciates the irony of a government providing funding for an initiative to undermine it.
Naturally ,these clubs should carefully exclude from their ranks anyone with genuine credentials in the treatment of mental health. A trained psychoanalyst, counselor, or even a member of the clergy will be able to easily detect the true nature of the operation. Particularly in western nations, there is a great deal of suspicion for the "establishment" and a tendency to grant credibility to "alternative" forms of treatment from practitioners with no professional credentials. In other cultures, a campaign of disparagement must be undertaken to undermine confidence in legitimate practitioners.
These clubs should also be careful to exclude anyone with a genuine mental illness. Unless trained in psychiatry, the psychopolitcal operator can offer these individuals no assistance and their very presence is inhibitive to participants who have no serious problem aside of low self-esteem and a craving for greater acceptance and recognition.
There is some mention of competing groups that are dedicated to the same cause. Where the population is large enough they may simply be ignored. But where their existence detracts from the ability of the operator's organization to attract and retain followers, they must be attacked and discredited.
There's a long ramble that is essentially about taking control of the psychiatric industry by infiltrating education, clinics, and industry groups as a means to gaining control over the society's perception of wellness and insanity, as a means toward establishing communist ideology as the norm for being considered sane. It is particularly valuable in political and even military institutions because a leader may be deposed on the basis of a clinical judgment that he is not mentally capable of command.