Roy Eidelson
Roy Eidelson, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and 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 also a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility -- an international organization of psychologists, other mental health professionals, students, and social justice advocates -- and the former executive director of the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Eidelson is currently an associate director of the Asch Center at Bryn Mawr College.
Among Eidelson's efforts challenging psychologists’ involvement in abusive interrogations is the 10-minute video below, “No Place to Hide: Torture, Psychologists, and the APA.”
"No Place to Hide: Torture, Psychologists, and the APA" offers a brief overview of the disturbing role that psychologists and the American Psychological Association (APA) have played in the context of detainee abuse and torture at Guantanamo Bay and other national security sites.
In addition, here are links to several of Eidelson's recent online essays related to psychologists and torture:
- Dismantling the Master's House: Psychologists and Torture. Psychology Today, December 7, 2011.
- A Thought Experiment About Psychological Ethics. Psychology Today, November 30, 2011.
- Psychologists and Torture: Video and Petition. Psychology Today, November 14, 2011.
- Safe, Legal, Ethical, and Effective? It's Time to Annul the PENS Report. Psychology Today, October 21, 2011.