Division of Behavioral Health Services
National Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical Practice Guidelines are existing national standards that help ensure appropriate clinical practice and positive outcomes. The American Psychiatric Association addresses adult psychiatric disorders and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry addresses child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
- Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Delirium
- Eating Disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults
- Schizophrenia
- Substance Use Disorders
- Suicidal Behaviors
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameters
- ADHD
- Anxiety Disorders
- Assessment of a Child and Adolescent
- Assessment of Infant and Toddlers
- Assessment of the Family
- Autism
- Bipolar
- Child Custody Evaluation
- Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Community Systems of Care
- Conduct Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Electroconvulsive Therapy with Adolescents
- Enuresis, Children and Adolescents With
- Forensic Evaluation for Children who May Have Been Sexually Abused
- Language/Learning Disorders
- Mental Retardation
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Physically Ill Children and Adolescents
- Psychiatric Consultation to Schools
- Prescribing Psychotropic Medication in Children
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seclusion and Restraint
- Sexually Abusive Children
- Stimulant Medications
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Behavior
- Telepsychiatry
- Youth in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities
The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors