Articles by Psychologists for Social Responsibility

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Preventing Armageddon in the 21st Century
Morton Deutsch, Ph.D. | Psychologists for Social Responsibility - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Aug 2025

Some conflicts – whether between spouses, labor and management, or nations – seem to escalate out of control. Conflict research yields knowledge that has been successfully applied and can be productively applied to the conflicts between Palestinians and Israelis, India and Pakistan and other conflicts that seem to be stuck in the kind of escalating sequence that could lead to continued mutual harm.

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TMS Editor Receives Prize for Peace and Social Justice
Psychologists for Social Responsibility – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Sep 2017

2017 Prize: Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, Portugal/Brazil and Dr. Brad Olson, Chicago, Illinois. PsySR’s award is given annually to recognize outstanding psychology-based contributions in scholarship and action by an individual in one or more of the following areas: Peace and Nonviolence, Poverty, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Spirituality, and Social Action.

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TRANSCEND Media Service Receives Prize for Peace and Social Justice
Psychologists for Social Responsibility – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Aug 2017

2017 Prize: Dr. Brad Olson, Chicago, Illinois and Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, Portugal/Brazil. PsySR’s award is given annually to recognize outstanding psychology-based contributions in scholarship and action by an individual in one or more of the following areas: Peace and Nonviolence, Poverty, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Spirituality, and Social Action.

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Psychologists for Social Responsibility Letter to American Psychological Association Raising Questions on Decision in Leso Case
Psychologists for Social Responsibility – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2014

Evidence clearly exists that Dr. Leso and other psychologists have utterly failed to ensure that detention and interrogation operations at Guantánamo and elsewhere were kept “safe, legal, ethical, and effective.” By closing this case it is reasonable to assume that APA will never sanction any psychologist participating in government-sanctioned abuses.

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