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Roy Eidelson

Roy Eidelson is a clinical psychologist and the president of Eidelson Consulting, where he studies, writes about and consults on the role of psychological issues in political, organizational and group conflict settings. He is a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, associate director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College, and a member of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Environment & Health

The APA Relied on the CIA for Ethical Guidance

The American Psychological Association turned to the CIA for guidance in developing ethics policies on psychologist involvement in interrogation operations.
by
Trudy Bond &
Roy Eidelson,
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May 4, 2015
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Op-Ed

Cast Into the Depths: Perilous Waters for the American Psychological Association

It is time to end the denial by the APA and begin the repair for its collaboration on torture and interrogations.
by
Roy Eidelson,
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January 12, 2015
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Building a Racially Just Society: Psychological Insights

Michael Brown’s tragic death is a salient reminder that the United States is still far from being a racially just and equitable society.
by
Roy Eidelson,
Mikhail Lyubansky &
Kathleen Malley-Morrison,
Psychology Today
November 22, 2014
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Psychology Association’s Torture Link Fails “Do-No-Harm” Ethics

Two psychologists deplore the decision by the American Psychological Association to continue to condone the profession’s involvement in prisoner abuse at Guantanamo.
by
Trudy Bond &
Roy Eidelson,
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March 7, 2014
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Dr. Frankenstein and the APA’s Decade of Monstrosities

Sadly, there is no shortage of arenas where the tale of Frankenstein – of science unmoored from values, of ambition unrestrained by conscience – resonates powerfully today. One…
by
Roy Eidelson,
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September 24, 2012
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War & Peace

The Army’s Flawed Resilience-Training Study: A Call for Retraction

Despite the overhyped claims of CSF’s leading proponents, at this point, there is little evidence to suggest that CSF works.
by
Stephen Soldz &
Roy Eidelson,
Truthout
June 13, 2012
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Protecting Psychologists Who Harm: The APA’s Latest Wrong Turn

Camp Delta, where detainees on the war on terrorism are kept, at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo, October 9, 2003. (Photo: Angel Franco / The New York…
by
Roy Eidelson,
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April 7, 2012
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Psychologists Paid by Guantanamo’s Masters Will Never Dismantle Their House of Torture

Amid disturbing reports that psychologists were involved in the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on Psychological…
by
Roy Eidelson,
Truthout
March 13, 2012
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Op-Ed

Four Psychologists at the Gates of Hell: A Fable for Our Time

A Guard in a cell block at Camp 6, Camp Delta, located at the Guantanamo Naval Station in Cuba, in October, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New…
by
Roy Eidelson,
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January 29, 2012
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“Safe, Legal, Ethical and Effective”? It’s Time to Annul Our Report on Psychology, Ethics and National Security

(Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) Many viewers were outraged this past August watching NBC's “Today Show” interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney.…
by
Roy Eidelson,
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November 12, 2011
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