TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge and competency standards for specialized cognitive behavior therapy for adult obsessive-compulsive disorder
AU - Sookman, Debbie
AU - Phillips, Katharine A.
AU - Anholt, Gideon E.
AU - Bhar, Sunil
AU - Bream, Victoria
AU - Challacombe, Fiona L.
AU - Coughtrey, Anna
AU - Craske, Michelle G.
AU - Foa, Edna
AU - Gagné, Jean-Philippe
AU - Huppert, Jonathan D.
AU - Jacobi, David
AU - Lovell, Karina
AU - McLean, Carmen P.
AU - Neziroglu, Fugen
AU - Pedley, Rebecca
AU - Perrin, Sean
AU - Pinto, Anthony
AU - Pollard, C. Alec
AU - Radomsky, Adam S.
AU - Riemann, Bradley C.
AU - Shafran, Roz
AU - Simos, Gregoris
AU - Söchting, Ingrid
AU - Summerfeldt, Laura J.
AU - Szymanski, Jeff
AU - Treanor, Michael
AU - van Noppen, Barbara
AU - van Oppen, Patricia
AU - Whittal, Maureen
AU - Williams, Monnica T.
AU - Williams, Timothy
AU - Yadin, Elna
AU - Veale, David
N1 - Funding Information: Thank you to Dr. Penny Bee for her contribution of information regarding low intensity treatments for OCD provided through IAPT in UK; and to Dr. Mike Kryrios for his contribution to an earlier draft of the conceptualization section in this paper. Appreciation to Ms. Danielle Rice for her dedicated collaboration as research assistant for the ATF phase two papers, and thanks also to research assistants Amber-Lee Di Paolo and Victoria Orha. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier B.V. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Accreditation
KW - Certification
KW - Cognitive therapy
KW - Evidence based treatment
KW - Exposure and response prevention
KW - Training
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113752
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113752
M3 - Article
C2 - 34273818
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 303
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
M1 - 113752
ER -