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The APA Speaks Out
APA Learns to Deal with Scientology Campaign Against Psychiatry
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
Published: May 20, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 -- Physicians gathering for the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting here were greeted with a noisy street protest by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an offshoot of the Church of Scientology.
From its earliest days in the 1950s, Scientologists have waged a campaign accusing the psychiatric profession of a range of abuses. Now conducted under the CCHR's banner, the campaign currently portrays psychiatry as an "industry of death."
Demonstrations like the one at this year's meeting have become a fixture at the annual gatherings.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video report, APA President Nada Stotland, M.D., explains what it's like for a medical society that has, as she put it, its own dedicated hate group -- the impact on practicing psychiatrists, and how the group has responded.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/14276
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
Published: May 20, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 -- Physicians gathering for the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting here were greeted with a noisy street protest by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an offshoot of the Church of Scientology.
From its earliest days in the 1950s, Scientologists have waged a campaign accusing the psychiatric profession of a range of abuses. Now conducted under the CCHR's banner, the campaign currently portrays psychiatry as an "industry of death."
Demonstrations like the one at this year's meeting have become a fixture at the annual gatherings.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video report, APA President Nada Stotland, M.D., explains what it's like for a medical society that has, as she put it, its own dedicated hate group -- the impact on practicing psychiatrists, and how the group has responded.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/14276
Tags: apa, cchr, scientology
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Comment by Rick Astley on May 21, 2009 at 1:39pm - I'm glad the APA finally recognises that Scientology front group as the hate campaign that it is!
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Comment by Ravenanon on May 20, 2009 at 6:29pm - its about time they got serious about fighting back against cchr
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