Dr. Steven Reisner is running for American Psychological Association (APA) president. The main thrust of his campaign is that psychologists should not be involved in torture in any way. Here is the beginning of his platform statement:
I am seeking nomination for President of the American Psychological Association because I believe that the APA must take [...]
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Interrogation update. From Ken Pope (italics and bold, mine): California Senate Bill SJR 19 includes a measure that “would request the United States Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency to remove all California-licensed health professionals from participating in prisoner and detaineeinterrogations.” The bill is scheduled for a vote tomorrow on the senate [...]
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That’s the title (the second part) of a New York Times editorial from April 4. Considering the American Psychological Association’s (APA) stance on torture, this has considerable significance for psychologists. Psychologists are not completely banned from engaging in torture in the current APA ethics code. One argument is that psychologists in the military must follow [...]
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Last month, Kenneth Pope, ethical maven, resigned from the American Psychological Association (APA). He resigned over concern regarding APAs torture policy. His Ethics in Therapy and Counseling (3rd edition) was published March 9.
The resignation is particularly notable as he has been a very active member of that organization, known as an expert on ethics, and [...]
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Psychologists’ role in interrogations.
Here’s some recent news, courtesy of Ken Pope, from the psychologists in interrogations issue written about previously on this blog. The text is excerpted from a statement on California Senate Bill 219 by Leonard S. Rubenstein, President of Physicians for Human Rights, and does a nice job of highlighting the problem [...]
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A piece in the San Francisco Chronicle confirms that APA overwhelmingly voted down the moratorium on interrogations. This seems like a case of APA falling short, but I’m waiting to hear more about this decision and the debate surrounding it.
Here’s a second, slightly more informative Chronicle article.
And another story, this one at the Washington Post.
In [...]
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A role in prescription privileges?!
There’s been some press on psychologists’ role in interrogations, for instance, at Salon.com, the New Yorker, Vanity Fair.
On Friday, the ACLU called on the American Psychological Association (APA) to prohibit members from participating in torture. This morning, August 19, there was to be a vote at the APA convention proposing a [...]
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