The trauma of psychological torture / (Record no. 569)

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Classification number HV8599.U6
Item number T73 2008
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Classification number 364.6/7
Edition number 22
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Title The trauma of psychological torture /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Almerindo E. Ojeda.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Westport, Conn. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Praeger,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008.
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Extent xv, 226 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
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Series statement Disaster and trauma psychology,
International Standard Serial Number 1940-901X
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted contents note Series foreword / Gilbert Reyes -- Introduction -- 1: What is psychological torture? / Almerindo E Ojeda -- 2: Psychological torture as a Cold War imperative / R Matthew Gildner -- 3: Legacy of a dark decade: CIA mind control, classified behavioral research, and the origins of modern medical ethics / Alfred W McCoy -- 4: Psychologists, detainee interrogations, and torture: varying perspectives on nonparticipation / Stephen Soldz and Brad Olson -- 5: Doctors as pawns? Law and medical ethics at Guantanamo Bay / Jonathan H Marks -- 6: Neuropsychiatric effects of solitary confinement / Stuart Grassian -- 7: Prison and the decimation of pro-social life skills / Terry A Kupers -- 8: Neurobiological consequences of psychological torture / Rona M Fields -- 9: Documenting the neurobiology of psychological torture: conceptual and neuropsychological observations / Uwe Jacobs -- 10: Tortured brain / Claudia Catani, Frank Neuner, Christian Wienbruch, and Thomas Elbert -- 11: Case of Mohammed al Qahtani / Gitanjali S Gutierrez, Esq -- 12: Case of Salim Hamdan (Declaration of Daryl Matthews) / Daryl Matthews -- Index -- About the editor and contributors.
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Summary, etc From the Publisher: It is, in some circles, called No-Touch Torture. Yet it brings pain and damage that can last a lifetime. Psychological torture techniques-which have a history of use by U.S. forces globally trailing far into the past beyond Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib-include a variety of methods from mock executions, severe humiliation, and mind-altering drugs, to forced self-induced pain, sensory disorientation including loud music and light control, and exploitation of personal or cultural phobias. It is no accident, for example, that Private Lynndie England was seen in Abu Ghraib pictures, which shocked the world, with Arab prisoners forced naked into a pile or led like dogs by leash. Arabs have strong spiritual beliefs about the humiliation of public nudity, and also have a strong cultural fear of dogs. These techniques are neither surprising nor particular to England if one has fair knowledge of the U.S. history of sanctioned psychological torture techniques, say the experts behind this book. Having reached a joint crescendo of intolerance and horror, scholars from across the nation met in 2006 for a conference on psychological torture and what can be done to stop the practice. They agree with Alberto Mora, the U.S. Navy's general counsel, who fought to stop the Pentagon-sanctioned psychological torture at Guantanamo. Cruelty disfigures our national character. Where cruelty exists, law does not, Mora said. This book is the joint effort of those scholars, from the University of California Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, to Harvard Medical School, to paint a clear picture of psychological torture, its long term affects, and spur action to stop the practice. The distinctly American form of psychological torture has four characteristics that make it attractive to the CIA and other supporters, say the authors. It is elusive-lacks the clear signs of physical abuse so eludes detection and complicates investigation, prosecution, or attempts at prohibition. It is shrouded-in scientific patina that makes it appeal to policy makers and avoids the obvious physical brutality unpalatable to the general public. It is adaptable-as shown by searing innovations by the CIA across 40 years. And it is destructive-can cause psychosis and other psychological disorders or, in more severe cases, death. While, in public, U.S. officials spotlight and support legislation that has banned physical torture, far more clandestine political, military, and CIA activities are refining and increasing the use of psychological torture. This book includes a brief history of sanctioned psychological experiments and actions to torture, as well as CIA research outsourced to leading U.S. universities that produced what the authors call key findings that led to the first real revolution in the cruel science of pain in centuries. Historical information here includes a summary of a decade of mind-control research by the CIA that in 1963 resulted in the KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation manual. This volume represents a striking collaboration of distinguished psychologists, psychiatrists, neurobiologists, lawyers, historians, and a semanticist. The book closes with case studies of the psychological torture of Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th hijacker in the 9/11 attacks, and of Salim Hamdan, the alleged driver of Osama bin Laden. This work will be absorbing to any reader interested in human rights, covert politics now and across history, military science, psychology, or psychiatry.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychological torture
Geographic subdivision United States.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Psychological aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture victims
General subdivision Mental health
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Stress, Psychological
General subdivision psychology
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture
General subdivision psychology
Geographic subdivision United States.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Prisoners
General subdivision psychology
Geographic subdivision United States.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychological Warfare
Geographic subdivision United States.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychische Folter
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Personal name Ojeda, Almerindo E.
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Uniform title Disaster and trauma psychology.
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