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American Psychological Association Holds Referendum on Assisting Military Interrogation
The immediate provocation for the first such poll in the history of the APA is the conditions of the prisoners held in the Guantanamo Bay.
Declaring that torture is an abhorrent practice, the resolution points out that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Mental Health and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture have both determined that “treatment equivalent to torture” has been taking place at the United States Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay and that psychologists have taken part in the interrogations there.
Supporting the motion suggesting ban on such association, Brad Olson, a psychologist at Northwestern University, said, "It's really a fight for the soul of the profession."
“As psychologists, our first ethical principle is to do no harm; yet substantial documentation reveals that American psychologists have systematically designed and participated in interrogations that amount to torture. In addition, they have helped to legitimize cruel and abusive treatment in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the CIA blacksites,” he says.
Olson, representing a group called Psychologists for an Ethical APA, points out that several resolutions passed in the past barring psychologists from participating in cruel, inhuman ,and degrading treatment have not had the desired impact
“Psychologists have also played a critical role in this administration's legal defense of torture. Justice Department lawyers have argued that torture can only take place if the perpetrator intends to cause 'prolonged mental harm' which, in turn, is measured by a subsequent diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychologists instead routinely provide diagnoses other than posttraumatic stress disorder, thus giving the illusion of safety and legal cover ….
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