Thanks to Paul Doecki at Vanderbilt for pointing out this article. Some excerpts:
Psychologists have moved to the center of this controversy for diverse reasons. First, the Pentagon’s stated intention to rely on psychologists rather than psychiatrists fits well with the American Psychological Association’s stated belief in contributing to detainee interrogations to prevent terrorism.
In stark contrast [...]
Attached you will find a letter from the Nordic Psychological Associations to the American Psychological Association. This letter politely but firmly challenges the APA’s position on psychologists’ involvement in interrogations and detainee treatment, and exposes just how far the APA’s position is from the ethical standards of other psychological and health professional organizations, here and [...]
Video of the May 3 Torture and the American Psyche: Blurring the Boundaries Between Healers and Interrogators forum in Brookline MA is now available. This forum featured Stephen Soldz, David Sloan-Rossiter (Boston psychoanalyst and Curriculum Director at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy & the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis, Leonard Rubenstein (President of Physicians for Human Rights), and Eric Fair (former [...]
Stephen Soldz’s recent critique of the APA’s Ethics Director Stephen Behnke’s recent letter to the ACLU.
Stephen Soldz: APA Supports Psychologist Engagement in Interrogations
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?
A Torture Debate Among Healers | Rights and Liberties | AlterNetThe 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 [...]
New in Mother Jones magazine. The Enablers - The psychology industry’s long and shameful history with torture.
The APA has recently offered its most detailed description of its position on the issue of psychologists and abusive interrogations, in a document placed prominently on the APA Website, entitled “Frequently Asked Questions Regarding APA’s Policies and Positions on the Use of Torture or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment During Interrogations” (FAQ).We at the Coalition for [...]
Paul R. Dokecki, a senior community psychologist, joined those deciding that enough is enough.
November 19, 2007
Dr. Sharon Brehm
President, American Psychological Association
Department of Psychology
1101 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7007
Dear Dr. Brehm:
I have been a member of the American Psychological Association since 1962 and am a Fellow of Division 27, but I hereby resign from the organization. [...]
Today, Beth Shinn, former President of two APA divisions, resigned from the APA
“because the American Psychological Association continues to condone psychologists’ work in detention centers that violate international law and because of actions by APA’s leadership to discourage dissent from its policies in this matter.”
Beth Shinn resigns from American Psychological Association
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