Last year’s Hoffman Report, which came out of an independent review of the world’s largest organization of psychologists, the American Psychological Association (APA), made waves in the field of psychology. The reviewers found that the APA’s leadership had colluded with national intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense to allow psychologists to take part in and facilitate the torture of detainees as part of the state’s counter-terrorism efforts.

This wasn’t news to the dissident psychologists from organizations like the Coalition for Ethical Psychology and Psychologists for Social Responsibility who had been trying to spotlight this practice for over a decade. Nonetheless, soon after its release, numerous APA leaders resigned or were fired, and some have publicly apologized.

The organization also implemented policy reforms, banning psychologists from conducting, supervising, attending, or assisting in any national security interrogations for military or other intelligence agencies, including private contractors working on their behalf. The APA now has one of the strongest anti-torture policies of any health care profession.