Has this resolution been passed by the full APA body? Last I heard about 
this--and it has been within the past several months, on programs like Amy 
Goodman's Democracy Now! and others on Free Spoeech and Link, it had 
failed to pass when put to a full vote, though the controversy 
continues.

I also use the book _Oath Betrayed_, by Steven H. Miles, M.D. (2006), in 
my classes. It states that, in 2005, the APA released a task force report 
that "diverged from international codes of medical ethics by endorsing the 
Defense Department's position that psychologists working with 
interrogators could use information from medical records to help ensure 
that the interrogation 'remains safe,' if that information was not used to 
the 'detriment of the individual's safety and well being.' The 
association's report left open the possibility that a psychologist might 
conceal his or her professional identity or relationship with 
interrogators from a prisoner, an apparent violation of its own ethics 
code.
    Human rights advocates assailed the association's report. Physicians 
for Human Rights said that it violated World Medical Association 
guidelines, authorized psychologists' collaboration in illegal coercive 
interrogations, and violated the association's own confidentiality code. . 
. . The task force's makeup was also criticized. Six of ten members, as 
described by the association, had military or intelligence backgrounds; 
most of these had overseen activities or personnel at Guantanamo Bay or 
Iraq . . .
    Four months after the American Psychological Association report and 
after pressure from Physicians for Human Rights, the psychiatrist Robert 
Lifton [who has written much about the psychology of what went on during 
the Nazi holocaust, among other things], and others, the American 
Psychiatric Association stiffened its position and succinctly rejected the 
American Psychological Association's view: 'Our position is very direct; 
physicians should not participate on these biscuit [BSCT: Behavioral 
Science Consultation] teams"

I sincerely hope you're right, and that the resolution is now official 
policy, and that at this point in time no APA members are participating in 
torture at any of our interrogation sites, of which there apparently are 
many. I'm not going to assume that this is correct, however, just so that 
I can keep on living in denial about the kinds of things that have been, 
and still are, going on in all of our names.

Ronnie




On Wed, 14 May 2008, Kaplan wrote:

> hello,
> This info is incorrect. The Amer. Psychological Assn.first had a human rights 
> resolution in 1986. In 2006, the APA came out with a new resolution against 
> all forms of torture and cruelty, supporting UN statements, and 
> non-involvement by psychologists.  The link is below.
>
> <http://www.apa.org/governance/resolutions/notortureres.html>
>
> Laura
>
> Renee wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronnie Hawkins" 
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: alert regarding DSMV and reparative therapy" to "cure" LGBT
>> 
>> 
>>> Can there possibly be any more evidence needed for us to realize how 
>>> thoroughly corrupted our society has become, both ethically and 
>>> epistemically?
>>> 
>>> But please bear in mind that the "other" APA, the American Psychological 
>>> Association, has refused to stand up against some of its members taking 
>>> part in interrogations utilizing techniques of torture.
>> 
>> Good morning Ronnie,
>> 
>> Is this really true? The overriding principle in the American Psychological 
>> Association's Code of Ethics is "Do no Harm".
>> 
>> It is unfathomable that they would not totally oppose the use of  torture 
>> by psychologists. Can you elaborate on what you have shared?
>> 
>> I would agree with you that society is epistemologically corrupted BUT I 
>> would say also that LBGT is among the most epistemologically corrupt there 
>> is.
>> 
>> It's funny but last night I received a notice from the server telling me 
>> that I couldn't make that post. It's interesting to see that the server 
>> served it and notified me that it was rejecting the post.
>> 
>>> 
>>> And, of course, yet a third "APA," the American Philosophical Association, 
>>> has yet to publicly recognize any of these atrocious violations of 
>>> intellectual integrity.
>>> 
>>> Ronnie
>>> 
>
> -- 
>
>
>
> Laura E. Kaplan,LCSW, Phd
>
> Assistant Professor
> University of Northern Iowa
> Dept. of Social Work
> SAB 105
> Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0405
> Tel: 319-273-7860
> Fax: 319-273- 6976
>