A truly tragic loss for science and a great personal loss for many.
If you are unfamiliar with Scott's absolutely stellar research, I will link some of it in the thread below (open access where possible).
On psychological treatments that can cause harm:
users.pfw.edu/young/350-Abno…
On common confusing and misleading phrases that are overused in psychology and psychiatry:
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Understanding resistance to evidence-based practice in psychotherapy:
www3.nd.edu/~ghaeffel/Resi…
Threading the needle with impressive fairness to all sides on the controversial topic of microaggressions:
homepages.se.edu/cvonbergen/fil…
On public skepticism towards psychology:
web.missouri.edu/~segerti/capst…
On pseudoscience in educational psychology:
emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/…
On why ineffective psychotherapies sometimes appear to work:
researchgate.net/profile/Steven…
Criticizing the "hijacked brain" model of addiction:
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Can psychology become a science?
bryanburnham.net/wp-content/upl…
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