The American Psychiatric Association is a professional organization of psychiatrists whose members are American and international physicians who are trained in psychiatry. The association is responsible for various journals and pamphlets, as well as the book Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM. The DSM codifies the generally-accepted psychiatric conditions and the guidelines for diagnosing those conditions.
When it emerged that psychiatrists are advising interrogators in Guantánamo and other US facilities on improving the effectiveness of torture, the Association endorsed a policy statement that psychiatrists under no circumstances should take part in interrogations.[1]