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245 04 The trauma of psychological torture /|cedited by Almerindo
       E. Ojeda. 
264  1 Westport, Conn. :|bPraeger,|c2008. 
300    xv, 226 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Disaster and trauma psychology,|x1940-901X 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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. 
520    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. 
650  0 Psychological torture|zUnited States. 
650  0 Torture|zUnited States|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Torture victims|xMental health|zUnited States. 
650 12 Stress, Psychological|xpsychology|zUnited States. 
650 12 Torture|xpsychology|zUnited States. 
650 22 Prisoners|xpsychology|zUnited States. 
650 22 Psychological Warfare|zUnited States. 
700 1  Ojeda, Almerindo E. 
830  0 Disaster and trauma psychology. 
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