What is APA doing to promulgate the policy adopted at its 2007 convention?
A. APA has been actively engaged in efforts to inform the federal government, the scientific community, its own membership and the public about the 2007 resolution, as well as its longstanding policy in this area. APA has sent a copy of the policy to key members of Congress, to President Bush and to key officials within the Department of Defense and the CIA. APA is calling attention to the need for further research in this area and sponsored a symposium on the science of interrogations and confessions at the University of Texas, El Paso, in September 2007. APA is informing its wider membership through guest articles on the topic in the APA Monitor on Psychology in November. And APA staff and members continue to speak to the news media and in other public venues to explain the association’s position and to help advance the cause of detainee welfare and humane treatment.
