{"id":28146,"date":"2015-07-16T13:11:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T11:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocasapiens-dweb.blogautore.repubblica.it\/?p=28146"},"modified":"2021-10-17T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T17:53:56","slug":"psi-cura-te-stesso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/psi-cura-te-stesso\/","title":{"rendered":"Psi, cura te stesso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ogni tanto chiedo di far girare ad amici americani gli appelli di Physicians for Human Rights, che dal 2003 denunciano la partecipazione di medici e psicologi americani alle torture post-11 settembre. Ci sono voluti anni, ma qualche effetto l&#8217;hanno avuto.<\/p>\n<p>Innanzitutto il <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pay_Any_Price:_Greed,_Power,_and_Endless_War\">libro<\/a>\u00a0di James Risen (rif. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ocasapiens-dweb.blogautore.repubblica.it\/2014\/11\/18\/pagare-qualunque-prezzo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pagare qualunque prezzo<\/a>?<\/strong>) al quale Physicians for HP aveva consegnato un sacco di materiale. L&#8217;American Psychological Association (APA) lo aveva definito &#8220;basato su insinuazioni&#8221; e diffamatorio, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/response\/risen-book.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annunciando<\/a> che chiedeva di controllarne le &#8220;allegazioni&#8221; a un ufficio legale. Il 2 luglio, l&#8217;uff. legale le ha consegnato un\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/2160985\/report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rapporto<\/a><\/strong> di 72 pagine (l&#8217;executive summary) pi\u00f9 460 di contesto storico, documenti, interviste e appendici.<\/p>\n<p>Dal <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2015\/07\/independent-review-release.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">com. stampa<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>emesso dall&#8217;APA, con calma, il 10 luglio:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>APA Apologizes for \u201cDeeply Disturbing\u201d Findings and Organizational Failures; Announces Initial Policy and Procedural Actions to Correct Shortcomings<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The process by which the Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS &#8211; quella del 2005 che autorizzava la tortur ) was created, the composition of the membership, the content of the PENS report and the subsequent activities related to the report were influenced by collusion between a small group of APA representatives and government officials.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Non ho letto l&#8217;intero rapporto, comunque\u00a0il sunto di Physicians for H R corrisponde molto di pi\u00f9 alla conclusione, pp. 70-72 dell'&#8221;executive summary&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Hoffman\u2019s report, based on extensive interviews and review of internal emails and documents, found <strong>overwhelming evidence of criminal activity by APA staff and officials,<\/strong> including: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Colluding with the U.S. Department of Defense, the CIA, and other elements of the Bush administration to enable psychologists to design, implement, and defend the post-9\/11 torture program;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Allowing military and intelligence personnel to write APA ethics policies regulating their own conduct to ensure they were \u201ccovered\u201d for their roles in the torture program;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Engaging in a coordinated campaign to cover up the collusion and blocking attempts to oppose these policies within the APA; and<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Obstructing and manipulating ethics investigations into psychologists involved in the torture program\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">L&#8217;APA aveva gi\u00e0 promesso di correggere &#8220;difetti&#8221; nel 2006, <a href=\"http:\/\/physiciansforhumanrights.org\/issues\/torture\/us-torture\/reports-on-torture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tre anni dopo<\/a> che Physicians for HR avesse accusato di collusione membri del comitato esecutivo. Tutti riconfermati da allora. Adesso alcuni hanno scelto il &#8220;pre-pensionamento&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/jul\/14\/apa-senior-officials-torture-report-cia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dettagli<\/a> sul <em>Guardian<\/em> di ieri (cito da un articolo su tre):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Anderson, Honaker and Farberman join Stephen Behnke, the APA\u2019s former <strong>ethics chief<\/strong> also implicated in torture, in the first wave of APA departures as the organization seeks to rebuild its credibility. Behnke has issued a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2015\/jul\/12\/apa-torture-report-louis-freeh-stephen-behnke\">combative statement<\/a>\u00a0threatening unspecified legal action. <\/em>(grassetto mio)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Il presidente dell&#8217;APA, citato tra i collusi, resta in carica. Physicians for HR chiede <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/physiciansforhumanrights.org\/press\/press-releases\/us-justice-department-must-investigate-american-psychological-associations-role-in-us-torture-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">un&#8217;indagine<\/a><\/strong> del Dip. della giustizia, ma finora il governo Obama ha sempre rifiutato di autorizzarla.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/brain-behavior\/2015\/07\/apa-overhauling-policies-and-leadership-after-torture-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Articolo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0di John Bohannon su <em>Science Insider-\u00a0<\/em>pubblica anche le &#8220;correzioni&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Opening%20Comments%20of%20S.%20Soldz%20and%20S.%20Reisner%20to%20APA%20Board.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raccomandate<\/a> dai prof. Soldz e Reisner (1) e che in molti casi l&#8217;APA non pare interessata a fare.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/lessons-must-be-learned-after-psychology-torture-inquiry-1.17970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Editoriale<\/a><\/strong> su\u00a0<em>Nature:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>More heads are likely to roll, and some psychologists could even face prosecution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Prima che qualcuno faccia il solito fascio: i medici della Difesa si erano rifiutati di partecipare alle torture, e in risposta all&#8217;appello di Physicians for HR, molti iscritti all&#8217;APA aveva protestato e pi\u00f9 di un migliaio (su 82 mila&#8230;) aveva smesso di pagare la quota annua. Sul prezzo che hanno pagato, rif. nota 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Per tirarsi su<br \/>\nMentre la sonda New Horizons\u00a0sfrecciava a 45 mila km\/ora circa 12 km sopra Plutone, puntuale come un treno svizzero e irta di strumenti come un&#8217;istrice di spine, \u00e8\u00a0riuscita a prendere valanghe di dati: le immagini arrivate meritano <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-to-release-new-pluto-images-science-findings-at-july-17-nasa-tv-briefing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">una visita<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>E gi\u00f9<br \/>\nMentre la Solar Impulse sorvolava il Pacifico a 60-90 km\/ora, ha dovuto salire sopra fronti di tempeste, i pannelli solari si <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solarimpulse\/status\/621273891319754752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sono surriscaldati<\/a> e vanno sostituiti. \u00a0Star\u00e0 ferma in un hangar dell&#8217;universit\u00e0 delle Hawaii almeno fino ad aprile. Delusione per chi sperava di vederla concludere il giro del mondo entro il vertice sul clima di Parigi a dicembre, ma anche ammirazione per il sangue freddo di Andr\u00e9 Borschberg che la pilotava.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">E ancora di pi\u00f9<\/p>\n<p>In tema di riscaldamento globale da emissioni di CO2, ricopio questo grafico perch\u00e9 lo trovo impressionante e mi sembra passato inosservato:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/polopoly_fs\/7.27019.1434443225!\/image\/Risk2.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_630\/Risk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The figures may worsen as climate change, globalization, technological change, urbanization and political and economic instability put more people and assets at risk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sarebbe simile un grafico delle catastrofi dovute a guerre, guerriglie, terrorismi o crisi economica greca?<\/p>\n<p>Quel grafico viene dall&#8217;ennesimo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/global-risks-pool-knowledge-to-stem-losses-from-disasters-1.17751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articolo\u00a0<\/a>di suggerimenti per gli Scopi dello sviluppo sostenibile, uscito su\u00a0<em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>dopo la\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unisdr.org\/we\/coordinate\/hfa-post2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conferenza di Sendai<\/a><\/strong> alla fine della quale i governi hanno promesso di investire in prevenzione e altri bei coordinamenti per salvare la pelle e i beni dei propri cittadini. Lo avevano gi\u00e0 promesso nel 1999 e di nuovo nel 2005, quando<\/p>\n<p><em>168 countries signed up to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unisdr.org\/we\/coordinate\/hfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyogo Framework for Action<\/a> (HFA), pledging to reduce disaster losses by 2015. Again, this did not occur. <strong>Of the ten costliest disasters between 1980 and 2014, those that happened after the agreement were more than four times as expensive as those in the decade before<\/strong>. <\/em>(link e grassetto mio)<\/p>\n<p>Nel 2003, il governo degli Stati Uniti aveva pronto un piano da $<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/03\/30\/AR2006033001912.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,5 miliardi<\/a><\/strong> per riparare le alzaie di New Orleans ma non l&#8217;aveva finanziato, cos\u00ec nel 2013 aveva gi\u00e0 speso $108 miliardi per la ricostruzione post-Katrina. Come in Italia a rischio idrogeologico e sismico, per i governanti<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0It is more politically expedient to respond afterwards when constituents are demanding assistance. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>e nel frattempo condonare gli abusi edilizi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Detto questo, procrastino anch&#8217;io e l&#8217;O&#8217;s digest di <em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>lo faccio dopo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(1) Co-autori dei Torture Papers per Physicians for HP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<em>This collusion included<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>the development of apparently fine-sounding policy statements that were, as the report documents, virtually always vetted directly by DOD officials;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>manipulation of critics of APA policy to ensure that attempts to change that policy were toothless and did not in fact challenge DOD policies or practices;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a strategic decision to turn heads away from increasing evidence on torture and other detainee abuse, including homicides, and on psychologists&#8217; involvement in that abuse;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>and the dismissal and\/or failure to investigate in any serious way ethical complaints against psychologists alleged to have participated in abusive interrogations, accompanied by repeated assurances from APA officials that all complaints would be comprehensively investigated.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This collusion was accompanied by <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>systematic manipulation of APA governance procedures, the active solicitation of opposition to critics by APA staff, and even the recording, in at least two known instances, of falsely claimed \u201cunanimous\u201d votes.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>false statements from every Board and every elected President over the last decade denying the existence of the collusion described in such detail by Mr. Hoffman<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>squelching of critics and, sometimes, by personal attacks upon them in the face of overwhelming evidence in the public record, including media reports and the results of multiple government investigations by Congress and other agencies.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>vicious personal attacks upon PENS task force member and national hero <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalpsychology.org\/about\/arrigo.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Maria Arrigo<\/a>, who first revealed the collusion, attacks that in one case was distributed widely by the president of the Association;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>responses to those attacks went unanswered by that President or any other Association official.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Other critics have been <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>banned from state psychological association listservs;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>attacked by an APA president in the official Monitor on Psychology as \u201copportunistic commentators masquerading as scholars;\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>threatened with possible libel suits and ethics complaints;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>disinvited from speaking to and writing for state psychological associations;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>surreptitiously recorded by APA staff when having a private conversation with reporters;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>had venues where they were speaking criticized and even implicitly threatened with loss of accreditation;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>and called \u201cclowns\u201d in a national psychological newspaper by an individual given numerous awards by APA and its divisions and who is often in APA governance.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This, sadly, is only a partial list of the attacks on critics. In none of these instances did people in APA leadership positions stand up to defend the right of critics to speak. These actions were all undertaken against those who sought to uncover the collusion that was denied by Association leadership, including this Board and the current CEO only a few months ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>American psycho, American hero&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ogni tanto chiedo di far girare ad amici americani gli appelli di Physicians for Human Rights, che dal 2003 denunciano la partecipazione di medici e psicologi americani alle torture post-11 settembre. Ci sono voluti anni, ma qualche effetto l&#8217;hanno avuto. Innanzitutto il libro\u00a0di James Risen (rif. Pagare qualunque prezzo?) al quale Physicians for HP aveva&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/16\/psi-cura-te-stesso\/\">Continua a leggere <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Psi, cura te stesso<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,25,26],"tags":[129,131,383,1176,3330,5328,5528,6881],"class_list":["post-28146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ambiente","category-clima","category-politica","category-psicologia","tag-accordo-di-hyogo","tag-accordo-di-sendai","tag-american-psychological-association","tag-catastrofi","tag-hoffman-report","tag-physicians-for-human-rights","tag-prevenzione","tag-torture","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43197,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28146\/revisions\/43197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}