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'''Stephen Soldz''', [[Ph.D]]., born November 19, 1952, is a [[psychoanalyst]], [[clinical psychologist]], [[professor]], and [[anti-war]] [[activist]].
'''Stephen Soldz''' (born 19 November 1952) is a [[psychoanalyst]], [[clinical psychologist]], [[professor]], and [[anti-war]] [[activist]]. Soldz is director of the Social Justice and Human Rights program at the [[Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis]].<ref>[http://www.bgsp.edu/statements/ps_ssoldz.html "Stephen Soldz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102222638/http://www.bgsp.edu/statements/ps_ssoldz.html |date=2013-01-02 }}, academic page, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis</ref>


He has received [[Mass media|media]] attention as a [[critic|vocal critic]] regarding allegations of the use [[Psychological punishment|psychological torture]] by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] in its conduct of the [[War in Iraq]] and the [[War on Terror]].
He has received [[Mass media|media]] attention as a [[critic|vocal critic]] regarding allegations of the use of [[Psychological punishment|psychological torture]] by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] in its conduct of the [[War in Iraq]] and the [[War on Terror]].


In August 2007, Soldz publicly challenged the [[American Psychological Association]] to [[Ban (law)|ban]] the involvement by professional [[psychologist]]s in the [[interrogation]] interrogation of 'enemy combatant' [[Prisoner of war|prisoner]]s held by the [[CIA]] and [[Defense Department]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/15/apa_torture/ “Psychologists to CIA: We Condemn Torture,” Salon, 15 August, 2007]</ref>
In August 2007, Soldz publicly challenged the [[American Psychological Association]] to [[Ban (law)|ban]] the involvement by professional [[psychologist]]s in the [[interrogation]] of 'enemy combatant' [[Prisoner of war|prisoner]]s held by the [[CIA]] and [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/15/apa_torture/ “Psychologists to CIA: We Condemn Torture,” Salon, 15 August, 2007]</ref> Soldz, in an [[interview]] with the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', publicly accused psychologists attached to the U.S. [[military base]] at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] of developing and applying [[torture]] techniques on detainees while advising interrogators on the levels of [[Psychological abuse|abuse]] that detainees could withstand.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/BAFCRKNAU.DTL “Psychologists' feud over aiding military interrogators coming to a head”], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 18 August 2007</ref> In November 2007, Soldz coauthored an article on psychological torture at Guantanamo Bay with [[Julian Assange]], published via [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>[https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Guantanamo_document_confirms_psychological_torture "Guantanamo document confirms psychological torture," Wikileaks, 17 November 2007]</ref>
<br>Soldz, in an [[interview]] with the [[San Francisco Chronicle]], publicly accused psychologists attached to the U.S. [[military base]] at [[Guantanamo Bay]] of developing and applying [[torture]] techniques on detainees while advising interrogators on the levels of [[Psychological abuse|abuse]] that detainees could withstand.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/BAFCRKNAU.DTL “Psychologists' feud over aiding military interrogators coming to a head,” San Francisco Chronicle, 18 August, 2007]</ref>


The American Psychological Association did not pass the ban advocated by Soldz, but instead issued a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] stating its opposition to torture and restricting its members from participating in interrogations that involved practices that could be defined as torture.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000653.html?tid=informbox "US Psychologists Scrap Interrogation Ban," Washington Post, 20 August, 2007]</ref>
The American Psychological Association did not pass the ban advocated by Soldz, but instead issued a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] stating its opposition to torture and restricting its members from participating in interrogations that involved practices that could be defined as torture.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000653.html?tid=informbox "US Psychologists Scrap Interrogation Ban," ''The Washington Post,## 20 August, 2007]</ref>


Additionally, Soldz, in his role as the publisher of the ''Iraq Occupation and Resistance Report'' web site, has used [[Internet forum|media forums]] to question the accuracy in reporting the number of [[Casualties of the Iraq War|Iraqi civilian deaths]] since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|March 2003 invasion]] <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4951508.stm “Iraq Body Count - Media Lens Responds,” BBC News, 28 April 2006]</ref> and challenged claims that the [[al-Jazeera]] television network was supportive of [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>[http://mathaba.net/news/?x=459868 “Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press? The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera,” Mathaba News Agency, 24 November, 2005]</ref>
Additionally, Soldz, in his role as the publisher of the ''Iraq Occupation and Resistance Report'' web site, has written for [[Z Communications|Znet]] website questioning the accuracy in reporting the number of [[Casualties of the Iraq War|Iraqi civilian deaths]] since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|March 2003 invasion]]<ref>Stephen Soldz [http://www.zcommunications.org/when-promoting-truth-obscures-the-truth-by-stephen-ssoldz "When Promoting Truth Obscures the Truth"], Znet, 5 February 2006</ref> and has challenged claims that the [[Al Jazeera Arabic|al-Jazeera]] television network was supportive of [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>[http://mathaba.net/news/?x=459868 “Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press? The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera,” Mathaba News Agency, 24 November, 2005]</ref> He has also written opinion columns on the Iraq war for the [[Daily Kos]] web site.
He has also written opinion columns on the Iraq war for the [[Daily Kos]] web site.


Outside of [[politics]], Soldz and Leigh McCullough co-edited the 1999 book ''“Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy,”'' published by the American Psychological Association.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1557986037 Amazon.com page for “Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy"]</ref>
Outside of [[politics]], Soldz and [[Leigh McCullough]] co-edited the 1999 book ''Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy'', published by the American Psychological Association. Also in 1999, Soldz and George E. Vaillant published their article "The Big Five Personality Traits and the Life Course: A 45-Year Longitudinal Study" in the '''Journal of Research in Personality''. The journal's editors later named the Soldz-Vaillant article as the publication's most important paper for that year.<ref>[http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092656600922876 “Soldz and Vaillant Win Annual Award for Most Important Paper”, ''Journal for Research in Personality'', June 2000]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[James Elmer Mitchell]]


Also in 1999, Soldz and George E. Vaillant published their article ''“The Big Five Personality Traits and the Life Course: A 45-Year Longitudinal Study”'' in the ''Journal of Research in Personality''. The journal’s editors later named the Soldz-Vaillant article as the publication's most important paper for that year.<ref>[http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092656600922876 “Soldz and Vaillant Win Annual Award for Most Important Paper,” Journal for Research in Personality, June 2000]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.soldzresearch.com/stephensoldz Official web site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509145814/http://soldzresearch.com/stephensoldz Official web site]
*[http://stephen-soldz.dailykos.com/ Stephen Soldz' Daily Kos columns]
*[http://stephen-soldz.dailykos.com/ Stephen Soldz' Daily Kos columns]
*[http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070530mitt_romney_and_his_ Stephen Soldz interviewed on KCRW-FM's "To the Point" on 30 May, 2007]
*[http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070530mitt_romney_and_his_ Stephen Soldz interviewed on KCRW-FM's "To the Point" on 30 May, 2007]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080716235214/http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/ Stephen Soldz blog: Psyche, Science and Society]
*[http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_stephen__071128_pinky_show_interview.htm A YouTube video of Dr. Sold interviewed by Pinky Show entitled "Fear, aggresion and empire"]

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*[http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/ Stephen Soldz blog: Psyche, Science and Society]
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Latest revision as of 11:19, 6 November 2023

Stephen Soldz
Stephen Soldz, c.2008.
Born (1952-11-19) November 19, 1952 (age 71)
CitizenshipU.S.A.
Known forPolitical activism
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Psychotherapy

Stephen Soldz (born 19 November 1952) is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, professor, and anti-war activist. Soldz is director of the Social Justice and Human Rights program at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.[1]

He has received media attention as a vocal critic regarding allegations of the use of psychological torture by the U.S. government in its conduct of the War in Iraq and the War on Terror.

In August 2007, Soldz publicly challenged the American Psychological Association to ban the involvement by professional psychologists in the interrogation of 'enemy combatant' prisoners held by the CIA and Defense Department.[2] Soldz, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, publicly accused psychologists attached to the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay of developing and applying torture techniques on detainees while advising interrogators on the levels of abuse that detainees could withstand.[3] In November 2007, Soldz coauthored an article on psychological torture at Guantanamo Bay with Julian Assange, published via WikiLeaks.[4]

The American Psychological Association did not pass the ban advocated by Soldz, but instead issued a resolution stating its opposition to torture and restricting its members from participating in interrogations that involved practices that could be defined as torture.[5]

Additionally, Soldz, in his role as the publisher of the Iraq Occupation and Resistance Report web site, has written for Znet website questioning the accuracy in reporting the number of Iraqi civilian deaths since the March 2003 invasion[6] and has challenged claims that the al-Jazeera television network was supportive of Saddam Hussein.[7] He has also written opinion columns on the Iraq war for the Daily Kos web site.

Outside of politics, Soldz and Leigh McCullough co-edited the 1999 book Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, published by the American Psychological Association. Also in 1999, Soldz and George E. Vaillant published their article "The Big Five Personality Traits and the Life Course: A 45-Year Longitudinal Study" in the 'Journal of Research in Personality. The journal's editors later named the Soldz-Vaillant article as the publication's most important paper for that year.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stephen Soldz" Archived 2013-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, academic page, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
  2. ^ “Psychologists to CIA: We Condemn Torture,” Salon, 15 August, 2007
  3. ^ “Psychologists' feud over aiding military interrogators coming to a head”, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 August 2007
  4. ^ "Guantanamo document confirms psychological torture," Wikileaks, 17 November 2007
  5. ^ "US Psychologists Scrap Interrogation Ban," The Washington Post,## 20 August, 2007
  6. ^ Stephen Soldz "When Promoting Truth Obscures the Truth", Znet, 5 February 2006
  7. ^ “Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press? The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera,” Mathaba News Agency, 24 November, 2005
  8. ^ “Soldz and Vaillant Win Annual Award for Most Important Paper”, Journal for Research in Personality, June 2000
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