Toward a Science of Clinical Psychology : A Tribute to the Life and Works of Scott O. Lilienfeld / [E-Book]

Personal Reflections -- 1-A Personal Commentary on Scott Lilienfeld -- 2-Scott Lilienfeld: Friend, Colleague, Champion of Science -- 3-Comorbidity, Classification, and other Adventures in Psychopathology and Psychology: Scott Lilienfeld's Formative Influences and Contributions through the Lens of our 40-year Friendship and Collaboration -- Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology -- 4-The Limitations of Science: The Importance of Rationalism in Clinical Science -- 5-When Clinical Judgment and Science Conflict, How does one Decide? The Epistemological Status of Learning from Experience vs. Science- 6-Intellectual Humility: Definitions, Questions, and Scott O. Lilienfeld as a Case Example -- 7-Combating Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology: From the Scientific Mindset, to Busting Myths, to Prescriptive Remedies -- Assessment and Psychopathology -- 8-Clinical and Personality Assessment: An Essay in the Honor of Scott O. Lilienfeld -- 9-Toward a New, Improved Paradigm for Experimental Psychopathology Research ...Or What We Would Talk About with Scott over Coffee in a Dinkytown Caf -̌- 10-The Role of Temperament in the Classification and Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Transdiagnostic Approach -- 11-Challenges and opportunities for experimental psychopathology and translational research -- 12-The Nomological Net of Scott Lilienfeld's Psychopathic Personality Inventory Scales -- Psychotherapy: Critical Issues and New Directions -- 13-Clinical Practice Guidelines: When Efficacy is not Enough: An Essay in the Honor of Scott -- 14-New Perspectives in Cognitive Theory and Therapy -- 15-The Future of Cognitive Therapy -- 16-When Psychotherapy Fails -- Controversies, Issues, and Future Directions -- 17-Multiculturalism and Applied Psychological Science: Critical Considerations and Future Directions -- 18-Controversies in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 19-The Memory Wars (tentative title, still waiting) -- 20-The Conundrum of Measuring Authoritarianism: A Case Study in Political Bias -- 21-Experiences of Lifelong Learners in Clinical Psychology.

This book pays tribute to Scott O. Lilienfeld of Emory University, a leading scholar in the field of clinical science who has made important contributions to a wide range of central topics including definition of the field, cognitive biases and critical thinking, memory, personality and personality disorders, projective testing and its problems, cultural sensitivity and issues like microaggressions, forensic psychology and neuroscience, among others. His writings are known for their clarity, their astute critical frame, their fairness, and their intellectual courage in the face of controversy. This anthology serves as a thorough introduction to the scientific evolution of clinical psychology, collecting contributions from leading authorities in each of these domains to comment on past and future insights made possible by Scott Lilienfeld's work.