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APA Council of Representatives Directs Change in its Ethics Code to Prevent So-Called Nuremberg Defense
The APA Ethics Committee has said that no defense for torture will ever be acceptable within the APA ethics adjudication process.
APA Actions to Implement the Council Resolutions Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The American Psychological Association (APA) has undertaken several actions over the past year to implement the APA Council of Representatives resolutions against torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

In Defense of Psychologists
Letter to the editor in response to a commentary in the Washington Post by Baker, et al. titled "Is your therapist a little behind the times?"
Nordal Response to Newsweek on Quality in Psychotherapy
Katherine C. Nordal, PhD responds to Newsweek's Sharon Begley regarding evidence-based practices.

Beyond Medicine: Addressing Broader Roots of Illness in Health Care Reform
Op-Ed from APA CEO Norman B. Anderson about integrating psychology into health care reform.
Saying it Again: Psychologists May Never Participate in Torture
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an opinion editorial by the president of the American Psychological Association responding to recent media reports surrounding Bush administration memos seeking to justify the use of harsh interrogation techniques. Feel free to reprint it in its entirety with credit to APA and Dr. James H. Bray .

Psychology and Global Climate Change:
Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges
The task force’s report reviews a wide range of research and practice relevant to climate change, including work in environmental and conservation psychology, studies of human responses to natural and technological disasters, efforts to encourage environmentally responsible behavior, and research on the psychosocial impacts of climate change.