"The US military is training psychiatrists to interrogate terrorism suspects, in defiance of internationally agreed codes of conduct which bar doctors from involvement in interrogation.
"It undermines the notion of psychiatrists as healers, and undermines trust in the profession," says Jonathan Marks, a professor of bioethics and law at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. From documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act he discovered that five US army psychiatrists had been trained between July 2006 and October 2007 (The New England Journal of Medicine, vol 359, p 1090).
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association all have policies condemning the use of psychiatric advice in "softening up" detainees."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1992...rists-talk.html
Full Version: EXPOSED: Army Violated International Law
Since the fourth Reich got installed, everything American has been perverted.
These 5 shrinks should have tried their skills on the Bush Administration first.
QUOTE (lipsticklobotomy @ Sep 13 2008, 03:38 PM) 
"The US military is training psychiatrists to interrogate terrorism suspects, in defiance of internationally agreed codes of conduct which bar doctors from involvement in interrogation.
"It undermines the notion of psychiatrists as healers, and undermines trust in the profession," says Jonathan Marks, a professor of bioethics and law at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. From documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act he discovered that five US army psychiatrists had been trained between July 2006 and October 2007 (The New England Journal of Medicine, vol 359, p 1090).
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association all have policies condemning the use of psychiatric advice in "softening up" detainees."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1992...rists-talk.html
"It undermines the notion of psychiatrists as healers, and undermines trust in the profession," says Jonathan Marks, a professor of bioethics and law at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. From documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act he discovered that five US army psychiatrists had been trained between July 2006 and October 2007 (The New England Journal of Medicine, vol 359, p 1090).
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association all have policies condemning the use of psychiatric advice in "softening up" detainees."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1992...rists-talk.html
This has been going on for several years. A few years ago, NPR (I think) did some reports on this.
I don't think, and the link you provided didn't say, that this is a violation of international law. Many psychiatrists, however, say this may be a violation of professional ethics.
QUOTE (Viewer @ Sep 15 2008, 05:00 AM)
This has been going on for several years. A few years ago, NPR (I think) did some reports on this.
I don't think, and the link you provided didn't say, that this is a violation of international law. Many psychiatrists, however, say this may be a violation of professional ethics.
"Ethics, scmethics! We're in a Holy War, people." I don't think, and the link you provided didn't say, that this is a violation of international law. Many psychiatrists, however, say this may be a violation of professional ethics.
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