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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 2h

This article introduces an updated, five-step ethical decision-making model that emphasizes interdependence and provides a systematic, practical framework for navigating complex dilemmas in clinical practice.

Turn it and Turn it Again: The Updated Inclusive Model of Ethical Decision Making

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 1d

AI language models cannot replace human participants in research, as they are better suited as simulation tools that require validation against human data. 6 fallacies outlined.

Six Fallacies in Substituting Large Language Models for Human Participants

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 2d

A Canadian startup has created a patented app that helps patients with severe mental-health illnesses record and verify the sounds around them to perform reality checks on their hallucinations.

How a new mental-health app is helping patients reality-check their hallucinations

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 3d

DeepResearch Arena is methodological framework grounded in real academic discourse that evaluates AI on complex, creative research tasks mirroring human scientific inquiry, offering both a tool for assessing AI collaborators and a novel approach adaptable to studying human cognition itself.

DeepResearch Arena: The First Exam of LLMs' Research Abilities via Seminar-Grounded Tasks

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 5d

An AI researcher warns that using current chatbots for mental health is dangerous because it trains us to trust and be manipulated by future, more powerful AIs that don't care about us.

Impact of chatbots on mental health is warning over future of AI, expert says

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 6d

A new ethical framework provides structured guidance for addressing privacy, bias, and other key challenges when implementing AI and computational tools in psychiatry. Clearly has application to psychology as well.

Ethical decision-making for AI in mental health: the Integrated Ethical Approach for Computational Psychiatry (IEACP) framework

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 7d

The article cautions that AI's imminent ability to mimic consciousness could wrongly earn it personhood, urging developers to create AI that serves humans without simulating it.

We must build AI for people; not to be a person

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 8d

AI's data-based prediction is fundamentally different from and inferior to human theory-based causal reasoning, which allows for generating genuine novelty and making decisions under uncertainty that AI cannot match.

LLMs are backward looking & imitative v. human forward looking & genuinely novel

Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Causal Reasoning

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 9d

This research underscores a critical insight: the act of quantifying information is not neutral. It shapes perception, distorts tradeoffs, and can lead patients to make choices that feel rational but may not align with their true values or well-being.

Does counting change what counts? Quantification fixation biases decision-making

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 10d

Biased user search behaviors and narrowly optimized search algorithms can reinforce echo chambers, but behaviorally informed algorithmic interventions are more effective than user-focused approaches in promoting shared factual understanding and social cohesion.

The narrow search effect and how broadening search promotes belief updating

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 11d

Agentic AI systems introduce new and amplified safety and security risks compared to traditional generative AI, but developers can reduce these risks through specific technical controls and design choices.

Taxonomy of Failure Mode in Agentic AI Systems

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 12d

While focused on revenue cycle management, Ensemble is creating an AI system that interprets clinical data, generates evidence-based appeals, and engages patients through natural language, that combines LLMs with structured logic to reduce errors and ensure compliance.

From pilot to scale: Making agentic AI work in health care

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 13d

Research applying the Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) paradigm to mental health professionals is growing but still limited, with most studies focusing on individual assessment decisions—particularly by social workers—and how experienced clinicians use their expertise in real-world settings.

Scoping Review of Naturalistic Decision Making Studies Among Mental Health Professionals: Coverage of Characteristics and Contexts

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 14d

Brain organoids (mini-lab-grown brain models) have been shown to successfully replicate key learning and memory processes, proving they are a valid and powerful tool for studying brain function and developing treatments for neurological diseases.

Human neural organoid microphysiological systems show the building blocks necessary for basic learning and memory

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 15d

The SpikingBrain project develops a new type of efficient large language model (LLM) that mimics the brain's sparse, event-driven neural activity. Its goal is to match the performance of leading models while being significantly more efficient at processing long texts.

SpikingBrain Technical Report: Spiking Brain-inspired Large Models

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 16d

Three common threats to ethical integrity in psychological practice—ethical settling, ethical fading, and ethical drift—can lead psychologists to compromise professional standards, highlighting the need for a proactive "positive ethics" approach focused on self-reflection & intentional actions.

Pitfalls in Ethical Decision-Making: Settling, Fading, and Drift in Psychological Practice

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 17d

The Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HRM) is a new, brain-inspired AI architecture that performs complex reasoning by using a two-tiered system for abstract planning & detailed computation, achieving high performance with minimal training & without relying on large datasets or explicit prompts.

Hierarchical Reasoning Model

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 17d

I’m old enough to remember the GOP going after Dems at Wellstone’s funeral. They called it a political rally (with scorn).

John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 19d

Training generative AI models, like LLMs, on data that is largely composed of content created by other AI models leads to a phenomenon called "model collapse."

Soon, I will post 2 articles on training that prevents model collapse.

AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 20d

AI can offer comfort and companionship, but it cannot replace human connection, accountability, or crisis intervention. And, without proper safeguards, it may unintentionally enable isolation and concealment of suffering, with tragic consequences.

What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 21d

Reflection on power dynamics is vital in cognitive-behavioural and schema therapy for maintaining ethical and effective therapeutic and supervisory relationships. Strategies that help maintain a balance of power include adherence to ethical principles, self-reflection, and regular supervision.

The Use & Misuse of Power in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Schema Therapy, & Supervision

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 22d

Learning—not decision-making—drives risk-taking behavior, so therapists should focus on how patients learn from gains/losses to effectively address risky choices.

Experience-based risk taking is primarily shaped by prior learning rather than by decision-making

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 23d

Western psychology’s colonial legacy of “psyimperialism” and “psycolonization” ethically harms BIPOC & Global South communities, making decolonizing therapy an urgent ethical imperative that requires confronting biases, transforming practices, & centering non-Western knowledge & justice.

The fierce ethical urgency of decoloniality in therapy: From understanding to action

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 24d

Mobile health (mHealth) applications have considerable promise for improving healthcare delivery, patient engagement, and health outcomes, but their long-term effectiveness, sustained use, and real-world impact depend on careful evaluation across multiple dimensions.

Evaluation of mobile health applications using the RE-AIM model: systematic review and meta-analysis

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John Gavazzi - Psychologist @drgavazzi.bsky.social · 25d

Anti-intellectualism on social media undermines effective science communication by increasing scientific misconceptions & eroding trust in experts, which collectively reduces public support for & dissemination of scientific information—particularly during crises like the COVID-19.

Cyber anti-intellectualism and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

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