--- description: The APA barred psychologists from participating in national security interrogations at sites violating international law. title: Psychologists' Group Bans Participation in Some Interrogations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [National Security](/tag/national-security/) ## National Security Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Psychologists' Group Bans Participation in Some Interrogations  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 9:50 PM CUT  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 9:50 PM CUT The American Psychological Association [barred](http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/08/psychologist-interrogations.aspx "undefined") psychologists Friday from participating in national security interrogations at sites violating international law. A panel of the group’s leaders passed a resolution enacting the ban by an overwhelming 156-1 vote. They voted following the association’s self-commissioned independent investigation into the post-9/11 practices by psychologists, which found that the organization compromised its principles and procedures by working with the Department of Defense on “abusive interrogation techniques.” The resolution does not apply to psychologist participation in domestic security or detention settings where the Constitution protects the detainees, the APA said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3989583/american-psychological-association-interrogations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3989583/american-psychological-association-interrogations/"},"headline":"Psychologists' Group Bans Participation in Some Interrogations","datePublished":"2015-08-07T21:50:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:01:04.385Z","description":"After an independent investigation","url":"https://time.com/3989583/american-psychological-association-interrogations/","keywords":["National Security"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/national-security/","name":"National Security"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3989583/american-psychological-association-interrogations/","name":"Psychologists' Group Bans Participation in Some Interrogations"}}]}] ```