Read a Aug. 20, 2007, Washington Post story on the American Psychological Association vote to prohibit psychologists from participating in several interrogation techniques that have been used against U.S. terrorism detainees because the methods are immoral and psychologically damaging.

Read a May 1, 2009, National Catholic Reporter story about a rally of human rights activists in Washington, D.C., to support a criminal inquiry.

Read a May 11, 2009, “Sightings” column by Martin Marty that follows up on his earlier essay on torture and churchgoers; it includes a response from David Neff of Christianity Today.

A Religion News Service piece analyzing the portrayal of torture in the 2012 movie “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Marty Richards, a geriatric social worker in Port Townsend, Wash., who teaches at the University of Washington School of Social Work, has worked with patients, families and institutions to develop appropriate and meaningful forms of spiritual expression for people with dementia.

Clinical psychologist Cordula Dick-Muehlke works for the University of California’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders and has more than 20 years’ experience in the field. She lectures widely on spirituality, elder care and dementia.

Pamala Kennedy is co-author with her husband, Richard, of Suffering in Slow Motion: Help for A Long Journey Through Dementia and Other Terminal Illnesses (Regal Books, 2003). Richard, pastor of a nondenominational church, was diagnosed with fronto-temporal dementia in 1997.

Deborah Shouse is the Kansas City area author of the 2006 book Love in the Land of Dementia: Finding Hope in the Caregiver’s Journey. Shouse’s mother had Alzheimer’s. Shouse and Ron Zoglin are The Creativity Connection‘s motivational consultants.

Rabbi Cary Kozberg, director of spiritual care at Wexner Heritage Village in Columbus, Ohio, has written about the unique, trusting relationship with God that an Alzheimer’s patient can develop. He speaks widely about Alzheimer’s.