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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/health/psychology/09SKEP.html
Defying Psychiatric Wisdom, These Skeptics Say 'Prove It'
By ERICA GOODE Published: March 9, 2004
"In 1988, a group of researchers, concerned that the American Psychological Association, the dominant professional organization, was not placing enough emphasis on science, split off and formed the American Psychological Society. The society now counts close to 15,000 members, its executive director, Dr. Alan Kraut, said. The association has 155,000 members."
>From 1998 - Elizabeth Loftus is president of the American Psychological Society and that Ralph Underwager has been approved for Fellow status in the American Psychological Society. Loftus is a False Memory Syndrome Foundation Scientific and Professional Advisory Board member (1997) and Underwager was in the past. Underwager is also known for allegedly giving an interview to the Dutch "pedophilia-rights" magazine "Paedika".
Underwager states "Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. "
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Underwager2.html
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/MrBubbles.html
The url below : http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume7/j7_2_1.htm was copywritten by "the Institute for Psychological Therapies."
The contact address for the author is :
"John Earl is a freelance journalist who is currently working as a researcher and organizer for a union. He can be contacted through the Institute for Psychological Therapies, 13200 Cannon City Boulevard, Northfield, MN 55057-4405."
Information about IPT is at : http://www.ipt-forensics.com/about.htm
"The Institute for Psychological Therapies is a private practice of clinical psychology. It was begun in 1974 by Dr. Ralph Underwager after several years of private practice in a large, multi-specialty medical clinic and several years of research work at Youth Research Center. Ms. Wakefield joined the IPT staff in 1975. Dr. Underwager and Ms. Wakefield were married in 1978. IPT grew to include a professional staff of 16 and was located in Minneapolis."
Here's a quote from Underwager :
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Underwager2.html
PAIDIKA: Is choosing paedophilia for you a responsible choice for the individuals?
RALPH UNDERWAGER: Certainly it is responsible. What I have been struck by as I have come to know more about and understand people who choose paedophilia is that they let themselves be too much defined by other people. That is usually an essentially negative definition. Paedophiles spend a lot of time and energy defending their choice. I don't think that a paedophile needs to do that. Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love. I am also a theologian and as a theologian, I believe it is God's will that there be closeness and intimacy, unity of the flesh, between people. A paedophile can say: "This closeness is possible for me within the choices that I've made."
Paedophiles are too defensive. They go around saying, "You people out there are saying that what I choose is bad, that it's no good. You're putting me in prison, you're doing all these terrible things to me. I have to define my love as being in some way or other illicit." What I think is that paedophiles can make the assertion that the pursuit of intimacy and love is what they choose. With boldness, they can say, "I believe this is in fact part of God's will." They have the right to make these statements for themselves as personal choices. Now whether or not they can persuade other people they are right is another matter (laughs).
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/MrBubbles.html
Reporter: Six American states have given Dr. Salter a grant to check Underwager's methods in court. And what did she find?�
Anna Salter: That he isn't accurate. That what he says in court does not necessarily fairly represent the literature.�
Reporter: He distorts the facts?�
Anna Salter: Uh, frequently. Sometimes he quotes specific studies, and he's frequently wrong about what the studies say.�
Reporter: So we thought we'd get Dr. Salter to analyze the evidence Underwager gave under oath at the Mr. Bubbles hearing, where he testified his qualifications had never been questioned. But in an American case, the Swann case, this is what the courts said about Mr. Underwager.�
Anna Salter: The court remains convinced the psychologist did not have the qualifications to testify as a doctor. The trial court ruled that the psychologist's proposed testimony was not proper because there was no indication that the results of the doctor's work had been accepted in the scientific community.�
Reporter: In the Mr. Bubbles case, he said his qualifications were never in question.�
(Scene switch)
Peters: Well, if he's talking about the Swann ruling, er, you could say he was perseverating.�
Reporter: Lying?�
Peters: Yes�
Reporter: Now, the second incident, in the Mr. Bubbles case, was where Underwager said that 90 percent of accusations against child molesters are wrong. Now, is that backed up scientifically?�
Anna Salter: No, that's gobbledegook. I don't know of any study that would support that.�
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Underwager4.html
Ralph Underwager Expert Testimony
State of Minnesota v. Deloch, 1990 WL 48536 (Minn.App.), April 24, 1990
"After the state rested its case, it brought a motion in limine regarding Dr. Ralph Underwager, a psychologist the defense planned to call as a witness. Dr. Underwager's testimony was directed to two issues: (1) the techniques used by Dr. Carolyn Levit in examining alleged child sexual abuse victims, and their impact on the child; and (2) characteristics of the memory process, especially learned memory versus acual recall of a real event. The trial court excluded Dr. Underwager's testimony.�
�����Appellant's argument that the trial court erred in excluding Dr. Underwager's testimony about Dr. Levitt's examination procedures lacks merit. Before testimony by an expert witness may be admitted, the expert must be qualified by way of education or experience. Because Dr.Underwager is not a medical doctor, he does not have the expertise or qualifications to either evaluate Dr. Levitt's examination technique for child abuse victims, or assess its acceptance or reputation in the scientific community.�
�����The trial court did not err in excluding Dr. Underwager's testimony about learned memory.
http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctapun/9707/55.htm STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS C0-97-55 In Re: Investigation of Dr. Ralph Underwager, Ph.D., L.P. by the Minnesota Board of Psychology. Filed July 8, 1997 Affirmed Kalitowski, Judge Ramsey County District Court File No. C59612185 "The Board received a complaint that alleged a violation of a rule of conduct for psychologists during Underwager's examination of S.K.H.. Because Underwager is a licensed psychologist, the investigation is within the authority and jurisdiction of the Board. Although Underwager claims the Board lacks authority to issue a subpoena because it is not investigating him, the record indicates the Board issued the subpoena as a result of a complaint regarding Underwager. Underwager also claims the Board lacks authority to investigate him because S.K.H. was not a client. We disagree."
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/lit.htm LITANY FOR FATHERS written by Ralph Underwager, Ph. D. for The American Coalition for Fathers and Children (ACFC) June, 1998
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