Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2016
Independent statistical criticism of treatment study
Andreas Mokros and Elmar Habermeyer reanalyzed the underlying data and concluded that the apparent improvement reported by Fedoroff’s method could be explained by a statistical artifact rather than a verified treatment effect.
2014
Controversy over claims to treat pedophilia
Psychiatrist Paul Fedoroff and a program associated with the centre drew criticism after claims that treatment could substantially change or cure pedophilic interests. Experts challenged the evidence, the use of phallometric testing, and the interpretation of the reported results.