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Practice Guidelines, Screening & Teaching Tools, Videos
The American Psychiatric Association website lists practice guidelines that provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
For more details, visit these web pages:
- Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Substance Use Disorders
- Suicidal Behaviors
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders
- Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder
- Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Depressive Disorders
- Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Patient Health Questionnaire
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine • National Institutes of Health
Watch Treating Anxiety Disorders, a six-part educational video series created to train master's-level clinicians.
- Part 1: The Power of Anxiety
- Part 2: Treatment and Recovery: One Patient's Story
- Part 3: Medications and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Part 4: What Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
- Part 5: Implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Part 6: Complementary Approaches
Teaching Slides: CBT for Anxiety Disorders: CBT for GAD, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder




