APA professional and clinical practice guidelines

APA has approved practice guidelines and related criteria in such areas as multicultural practice; child custody evaluations; and treatment of gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients.

Clinical practice guidelines provide research-based recommendations for the treatment of disorders and generally include assessments of the strength of the current scientific evidence for each recommendation

The Advisory Steering Committee is developing a manual of procedures to describe the process that APA is following for guidelines development.

The mission of the APA clinical treatment guidelines is to improve mental, behavioral, and physical health by promoting clinical practices based on the best available evidence.

APA’s Advisory Steering Committee for the Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines will periodically be seeking nominations of individuals to serve on panels to develop clinical treatment guidelines for different topics.

Treatment guideline topic selection is a systematic process in which topics are nominated, refined, rated, and selected according to a systematic process and utilizing a set of specific criteria.

List of meeting agendas and summaries from meetings of the Advisory Steering Committee.

Each development panel will comprise at least seven members and will develop one guideline.

The Clinical Practice Guideline Panels consist primarily of psychologists but also include researchers or practitioners in other disciplines with relevant expertise as well as knowledgeable community members who are personally affected by the condition being addressed.