Knowledge and competency standards for specialized cognitive behavior therapy for adult obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a leading cause of disability world-wide (World Health Organization, 2008). Treatment of OCD is a specialized field whose aim is recovery from illness for as many patients as possible. The evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment for OCD is specialized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT, NICE, 2005, Koran and Simpson, 2013). However, these treatments are not accessible to many sufferers around the world. Currently available guidelines for care are deemed to be essential but insufficient because of highly variable clinician knowledge and competencies specific to OCD. The phase two mandate of the 14 nation International OCD Accreditation Task Force (ATF) created by the Canadian Institute for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders is development of knowledge and competency standards for specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan deemed by experts to be foundational to transformative change in this field. This paper presents knowledge and competency standards for specialized CBT for adult OCD developed to inform, advance, and offer a model for clinical practice and training for OCD. During upcoming ATF phases three and four criteria and processes for training in specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan for certification (individuals) and accreditation (sites) will be developed based on the ATF standards

My Appearance Before the Trade Committee on the TPP

Here are my introductory remarks to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade studying the TPP earlier today

Why Canada has Nothing to Fear Over TPP and Intellectual Property

The intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been misunderstood and attacked by several commentators, and the public is understandably confused. Much has been misinterpreted by those who oppose the TPP, or at least its intellectual property (IP) provisions

Commentary: John Kasich Trumped By Canada’s Anti-Spam Law?

Last week I received several unsolicited emails, including the one shown below, asking for a donation to support Republican party leader hopeful John Kasich. The e-mail was sent without the remotest chance of there being an express or implied consent and without compliance with the prescribed information requirements of Canada’s much vilified anti-spam law, known as CASL

Commentary: John Kasich Trumped By Canada’s Anti-Spam Law?

Last week I received several unsolicited emails, including the one shown below, asking for a donation to support Republican party leader hopeful John Kasich. The e-mail was sent without the remotest chance of there being an express or implied consent and without compliance with the prescribed information requirements of Canada’s much vilified anti-spam law, known as CASL

Session Five: International Law Aspects

Session Chair: David Vaver, Professor of IP Law, Osgoode Hall Law School. Panellists: Is the UGC Exception in Conformity with International Treaty Standards?: Barry Sookman, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault. Private International Law and UGC: Joost Bloom, Professor, University of British Columbia

Session Five: International Law Aspects

Session Chair: David Vaver, Professor of IP Law, Osgoode Hall Law School. Panellists: Is the UGC Exception in Conformity with International Treaty Standards?: Barry Sookman, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault. Private International Law and UGC: Joost Bloom, Professor, University of British Columbia

Copyright: Cases and Commentary on the Canadian and International Law, Second Edition

Copyright law grants exclusive rights for limited terms to the authors of musical, literary, dramatic and artistic works. With the shift towards an information economy and the rapid development of digital technologies, copyright is fast becoming one of the most dynamic, critical and controversial areas of Canadian law and policy. This casebook presents extracts from the leading cases from both Canadian and international jurisprudence to illustrate the legal concepts, doctrinal evolution and current approaches to copyright issues. The revised second edition reflects the important case law and statutory amendments that have taken place over the past five years, including the Supreme Court of Canada\u27s so-called copyright pentalogy and the newly enacted Copyright Modernization Act.https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty_books/1045/thumbnail.jp