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. Relevant to infant, child and adolescent mental health are the following topics:
- Alcohol: school-based interventions
- Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management of physical complications
- Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence
- Antisocial and conduct disordered behaviours in children and adolescents: recognition and Management
- Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: diagnosis and management
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in Under 19s: recognition, referral and diagnosis
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: support and management
- Bipolar Disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people
- Child Maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in Under 18s
- Children’s attachment: attachment in children and young people who are adopted from care, in care or at high risk of going into care
- Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management
- Depression in children and young people: identification and management
- Early Years: promoting health and wellbeing in under 5s
- Eating Disorders in over 8’s: diagnosis and management (includes Anorexia Nervosa)
- Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people
- Looked-after children and young people
- Psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people: recognition and management
- Self-harm in over 8s: short-term management and prevention of recurrence
- Self-harm in over 8s: long-term management
- Social and emotional wellbeing early years
- Social and emotional wellbeing in secondary education
- Substance misuse interventions for vulnerable under 25s
- Transition from children’s to adult’s services for young people using health or social care services