Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guidelines & Practice Parameters

Disorder	AACAP Clinical Practice Guidelines or Practice Parameters	Other Professional Organization Clinical Practice Guidelines	AHRQ and/or PCORI Meta-Analyses
ADHD	Practice Parameter Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder JAACAP Volume 46 July 2007		ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents March 2024 PCORI -Diagnosing and Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children and Teens. 2025
Anxiety	Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders JAACAP Volume 59 October 2020		Anxiety in Children August 2017
Autism	Practice Parameter Autism JAACAP Volume 53 February 2014	Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: support and management, Clinical guideline [CG170] Published: 28 August 2013 Last updated: 14 June 2021 Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism. NCAEP 2020.
Bipolar Disorder	Practice Parameter Bipolar Disorders JAACAP Volume 46 January 2007	Bipolar disorder: assessment and management NICE Clinical guideline [CG185] Published: 24 September 2014 Last updated: 21 December 2023 Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder. 2018 Psychopharmacology Institute. Bipolar Disorder Treatment Guidelines: A 2018 Update
Borderline Personality Disorder		The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder - 2024
Depression	Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major and Persistent Depressive Disorders JAACAP Article in Press October 2023	Depression in children and young people: identification and management NICE guideline [NG134] Published: 25 June 2019	Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents April 2020
Disruptive Behavior Disorders			Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents April 2025
Eating Disorders	Practice Parameter Eating Disorders JAACAP Volume 54, May 2015	Eating disorders: recognition and treatment, NICE guideline [NG69] Published: 23 May 2017 Last updated: 16 December 2020 The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders, Fourth Edition -2023
Enuresis	Practice Parameter Enuresis JAACAP Volume 43 December 2004
Intellectual Disability	Practice Parameter Intellectual Disability JAACAP Volume 59 April 2020
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	Practice Parameter Obsessive Compulsive Disorder JAACAP Volume 51 January 2012		Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children December 2024
PTSD	Practice Parameter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder JAACAP Volume 49 April 2010	World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD. 2023 American Psychiatric Association (APA) – Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of PTSD 2017 NICE Guidelines Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 2018 Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD and Complex PTSD. 2020	Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository August 2024
Schizophrenia	Practice Parameter Schizophrenia JAACAP Volume 52 September 2013	Society guideline links: Psychotic disorders - UpToDate Canadian Schizophrenia Guidelines, 2017 American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2020, Practice Guideline for Schizophrenia British Association of Psychopharmacology, updated 2019, evidence-based guidelines for use of pharmacology in schizophrenia
Substance Use Disorder (SUD)	Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment and Treatment of Adolescents and Young Adults With Substance Use Disorders and Problematic Substance Use (Excluding Tobacco) JAACAP Volume 64 February 2026	Medication for Adolescents and Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorder Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 68 March 2021 Executive Summary of the Focused Update of the ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Journal of Addiction Medicine 14(2), March/April 2020 United States Preventive Services Taskforce Recommendation: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions SAMHSA - TIP 35: Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions, NICE guideline [NG64] Published: 22 February 2017	Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review May 2020
Suicide	Practice Parameter Suicidal Behavior JAACAP Volume 40 July 2001	Australian Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline for Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-injury in Children and Adolescent. 2026 Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence NICE guideline [NG225] Published: 07 September 2022
Tics / Tourette’s	Practice Parameter Tic Disorders JAACAP Volume 52 December 2013	American Academy of Neurology (AAN) systematic review, (part I) and also practice guideline summary (part 2) of treatment of tics in Tourette’s and chronic tic disorder, 2019 European clinical guidelines for Tourette’s Syndrome and other tic disorders, 2021