Treatment Guidelines

Want to find out what the latest treatment guidelines are for your issue or area or work? Check out the links below.

Please note that guidelines are not prescriptive, but offer evidence-informed recommendations to healthcare practitioners.

Although there are similarities between guidelines written in different countries, individual recommendations are usually created by expert and consumer groups to match the needs of infants, children and adolescents in a particular country. As such they may need to be adapted or modified for use in other places.

Feel free to print out and use these guidelines to discuss treatment options with your healthcare provider so that you can be actively involved in the decisions made for your care or the care of your family.

(UK)

The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) offers one of the largest and most up-to-date set of ‘guidances’ for mental and physical health

(USA)

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has developed a wide range of up-to-date clinical practice parameters that guide child and adolescent mental health care in the United States of America and internationally.

(Canada)

The Canadian Pediatric Society has developed a selected list of guidelines for the treatment of common childhood mental health problems for use by health practitioners in Canada and elsewhere.

(Australia and New Zealand)

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) produces professional practice guidelines, position statements and other resources to help psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in their work.