One-time recipient of a Boys Brigade ‘Sporting Endeavour’ award, Scott is a mental health nurse, university lecturer and cognitive behavioural therapist. Prior to lecturing, Scott worked as the team leader for an integrated drug service, charge nurse in an addictions hospital, pizza maker and door-to-door egg salesman. Scott has authored several book chapters and journal articles on a diverse range of topics including substance use, human rights, palliative mental health care, personality disorders, and mental health in movies. When not teaching or marking, Scott can be found experimenting with low FODMAP recipes, exploring the glens of Scotland with his wonderful children, Jayden and Cally, or pandering to two needy but loving cats. You can listen to Scott and his colleague Dan on their podcast ‘Mental Health in Movies’, which is available wherever you get your podcasts and you can contact Scott at s.g.macpherson1@rgu.ac.uk