Translation of "expert services in clinical psychology " (English → French) :

This joint action should capitalise on the research and innovation projects listed below, foster their implementation in clinical practice, and make use of their results and outcomes: ‘Clinical decision making and outcome in routine care for people with severe mental illness’ (CEDAR) (34), ‘Children of Prisoners, Interventions Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health’ (COPING) (35), ‘European Network of Bipolar Research Expert Centres’ (ENBREC), ‘Prevalence, 1-year incidence and symptom severity of mental disorders in the elderly: Rela ...[+++]tionship to impairment, functioning (ICF) and service utilisation’ (MentDis_ICF65+) (36), ‘Financing systems’ effects on the Quality of Mental health care in Europe’ (REFINEMENT), ‘A Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe’ (ROAMER), ‘Save Young Lives in Europe: Promote health through prevention of risk-taking and self-destructive behaviours’ (SEYLE) (37), ‘Tailored implementation for chronic diseases’ (TICD) and ‘Work Together to Stop Truancy Among Youth’ (WE-STAY).

With regard to j) In order to ensure that clients have access to qualified providers, Health Canada has established the following criteria to which mental health providers must subscribe in order to register with the program: providers must be registered as a psychologist with clinical or counselling orientation, and in good standing in the province/territory in which the service is being provided; or registered as a psychological associate with clinical or counselling orientation, and in good standing in the province/territory in which the service is being provided; or registered as a social worker, and in good standing in the provinc ...[+++]e/territory in which the service is being provided, MSW or PhD in social work with clinical orientation; and Masters of Arts, psychology, or Masters of Education degree, and currently supervised by one of the above designations may be accepted if there are no other providers in the vicinity and access to services is limited.

11. Notes that genetic testing, analyses and diagnosis are medical procedures that must invariably conform to the rules of what is termed 'good clinical practice', and that high standards of genetic testing are essential, given that decisions having a crucial bearing on a person's life are taken in the light of the results; genetic testing must enable individuals to take independent decisions and make choices with full knowledge of the facts, where treatments and other factors which may determine a person's quality of life are concerned; however, if the advantages of genetic testing are to be realised, the forms of testing offered (tes ...[+++]ts must be accurate, and equal access to testing services afforded to all), the context (expert counselling services which do not encroach on personal self-determination), and technology may become equally important factors;

- Electronic online-services developed by Orphanet and by other EU funded projects, are a clear demonstration of how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can contribute to putting patients in contact with other patients and developing patient communities, to sharing databases between research groups, to collecting data for clinical research, to registering patients willing to participate in clinical research, and to submitting ...[+++] cases to experts which improve the quality of diagnoses and treatment.

It's quite a good article in that it summarizes the consensus among a group of experts from developmental and clinical psychology, social welfare and the law.