Farooq Naeem
Farooq Naeem is a full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. Farooq pioneered techniques for culturally adapting CBT. These techniques have been used to adapt CBT in South Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, Kenya, China and Canada. More than 20 RCTs have been conducted on adapted CBT using Farooq’s model of adaption- Southampton adaptation framework for CBT.
His significant contribution to implementation science is establishing a national organization to train and accredit CBT therapists, deliver therapy, promote research and educate the general public- the Pakistan Association of Cognitive Therapists (https://pact.com.pk/). This remains the only example of the national implementation of CBT in a low-income country. He works in various think tanks with the Mental Health Commission and Health Canada.