Ethical APA Resolution Against Psy Involvement in Interrogation and Torture

Sign the petition - The following Resolution requires signatures from 1% of current APA members in order to be brought before the entire APA membership for a direct vote.

PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR AN ETHICAL APA

Be it resolved that psychologists may not work in settings where persons are held outside of, or in violation of, either International Law (e.g., the UN Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions) or the US Constitution (where appropriate), unless they are working directly for the persons being detained or for an independent third party working to protect human rights.

Most Preventable Cause Of Unnecessary Suffering Is Lack Of Health Insurance

Elizabeth Edwards: ‘Most Preventable Cause Of Unnecessary Suffering’ Is Lack Of Health Insurance | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

Conservatives love to crow that the United States has “the best health care in the world.” Yet these same conservatives overlook the fact that 47 million Americans lack any health insurance at all, leaving them shut out of access to this world-class health care.

Soldz: Isolation driving Guantanamo detainees insane: Will APA act?

Stephen Soldz writes about the NY times article that exposes the horrifying conditions at the Guantanamo prison and the continued role of Psychologists there. Will APA act?

Psyche, Science, and Society » Isolation driving Guantanamo detainees insane: Will APA act?

Condoleezza Rice Must GO

Thanks to a new report from ABC News, we now know that Condoleezza Rice led White House meetings authorizing torture that were so detailed, “the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed.”Watch the video: Condoleezza Rice Must GO

A Torture Debate Among Healers

A Torture Debate Among Healers | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet
The APAs annual meeting is this summer, in Boston. Expect interrogation to be the major issue confronting the members gathered there. Final voting for the APA president starts in October. The APA and the United States will determine their next presidents at about the same time. In both elections, a thorough debate on torture should be central.

Dying for Coverage

47 Million Americans now have no heath care coverage and twice as many people died in the US in 2006 from this lack of coverage than by homicide.  Find out your state’s numbers:Dying for Coverage

Community Psychology Conf 2008

Venue: Craiglockhart Campus, Napier University, Edinburgh
Key Speaker:Prof. Ian Parker on the tensions between critical and community psychology.
Conference Ceilidh Thursday night! 

Community Psychology Conf 2008

There will be two broad themes for the conference this year:Day One: The relationship between critical and community psychology, and the way our values impact on our practice. Day Two: Mental health in our communities; campaigns, projects, initiatives, including the role of recoveryDate: 18th and 19th September 

Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay

Recent research has highlighted the important role of teachers in fostering student achievement. However, the United States lags significantly behind other countries in teacher compensation, which adversely impacts efforts to recruit high-quality teachers. In South Korea and Germany, starting salaries for teachers are about 141% of per capita GDP, while the figure for the United States is only 81%. In fact, all countries in this sample pay their teachers a significantly higher relative wage as a starting salary compared to the United States. Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay

The Failed Health Care Reform Plan of 2009

Neither Clinton nor Obama’s health care plans get at the root problem our of broken system. What is needed is citizen mobilization to demand that candidates  promote a single payer health care plan as opposed to their current schemes.
The Failed Health Care Reform Plan of 2009 | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

Income Gap: CEOs vs. Workers | OurFuture.org

The average compensation of a CEO in 1980 was about 42 times that of the average worker in the company; in 2006, it was more than 364 times. Income Gap: CEOs vs. Workers | OurFuture.org