Behavioral Health Clinical Practice Guidelines

The following Clinical Practice Guidelines were approved for use by the Clinical Quality and Operations Committee (formerly the Utilization Management Committee, the Behavioral Policy & Analytics Committee, and the Clinical Policy & Operations Committee) on March 29, 2005, and were readopted on March 27, 2006; March 26, 2007; March 24, 2008; March 23, 2009; March 22 2010; March 28, 2011; March 26, 2012, March 19, 2013; January 21, 2014; January 20, 2015; March 14, 2017; February 9, 2018, February 12, 2019, February 17, 2020, January 25, 2021, January 18, 2022, January 17,2023, June 20, 2023,  August 22, 2023 and January 16, 2024.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Practice Parameters:

• Principles of Care for Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Mental Illnesses in Residential Treatment Centers (2010)
• Autism (2014)
• Eating Disorders (2015)
• Reactive Attachment Disorders (2016)
• Telepsychiatry with Children and Adolescents (2017)
• Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders (2020)
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major and Persistent Depressive Disorders (2022)
• Clinical Update: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care in Community Systems of Care (2022)
• Clinical Update: Collaborative Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care (2022)

American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines:

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (2019)
• Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2020)
• Identification and Management of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents (2021)

American Psychiatric Association (APA) Clinical Practice Guidelines:

• The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults (2015)
• The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia (2016)
• The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder (2018)
• Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia (2021)
• The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, 4th Edition (2023)
• Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

American Psychological Association (APA) Clinical Practice Guidelines:

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults (2017)
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Depression Across Three Age Cohorts (2019)
• Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (2020)
• Guidelines  for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related  Cognitive Change (2021)

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM):

• Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management (2020)
• National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (2020)
• The ASAM and American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (2023)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):

• Guidance on Strategies to Promote Best Practice in Antipsychotic Prescribing for Children and Adolescents (2019)
• Treatment for Suicidal Ideation, Self-harm, and Suicide Attempts Among Youth (2020)
• National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Toolkit (2020)
• Treatment Improvement Protocol 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (2020 Update)
• Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students (2021)
• New: Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness (2021)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guidelines:

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (2023)
• Management of First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia (2023)
• Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (2022)
• Substance Use Disorder (SUD) (2021)
• Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide (2019)

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health:

• Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 (2022)

Louisiana Medicaid State-Specific Clinical Practice Guidelines:

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Practice Parameter for the Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder, 2007
• American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline For The Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, 2nd Edition, 2002
• American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline Watch For The Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, 2005

Per the guideline developers, certain guidelines are no longer considered current, or are in the process of being updated.