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Oral history interview with Stephen Soldz, 2013.

Creator: Soldz, Stephen
Project: Rule of law oral history project
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Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Professor, Boston Gradualte School of Psychoanalysis.

Scope and Contents

Born: St. Louis, MO, 1952; Education: BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst; MA, Wesley College; PhD., Boston University; postdoctoral work, Harvard University Medical School; Career: Director of Research, Health and Addictions Research; Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Program Development, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis; Founder, Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice; President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility; Reminiscences: demonstration at American Psychological Association [APA] conference against Behavioral Science Consultation Team [BSCT]; opposition to anti-torture amendment at APA conference; publicizing corruption of APA; APA attacks against torture critics; campaign to block nomination of John Brennan to head CIA; views of psychotherapy education; anti-Vietnam war involvement; criticism of torture at Abu Ghraib; experiences with Gerald P. Koocher, Nathaniel Raymond. Discussions: APA involvement with the U.S. Department of Defense; lack of ethics training and code for psychologists; article in Vanity Fair about torture and APA Psychological Ethics and National Security [PENS] report; criticism of Joint Task Force Guantánamo Bay chief psychologist Larry James; culpability of Mitchell Jessen & Associates; physical versus psychological torture techniques; pressure of executive branch on APA; critique of APA Peace Psychology Division; torture and military commission case of Mohammed Jawad; medical treatment and records of Muhammed Khan Tumani; incompatibility of interrogation and psychology; learned helplessness and CIA torture techniques; call for independent investigation of the APA; idea of Guantánamo Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Bradley Manning case, 2013 hunger strike in Guantánamo.

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