Historical Clinical Practice Guidelines

Historical Clinical Practice Guidelines

Additional clinical practice guidelines that were developed prior to the implementation of the revised guideline development standards and previously adopted by Beacon are provided below.

Although not meeting the highest evidentiary formulation standards, these guidelines still contain information that continues to be clinically relevant. For example, some of the guidelines may recommend specific treatment interventions without adequately addressing the sufficiency of the evidence to support the recommendation. Continued provision of the guidelines is warranted because resultant positive clinical contribution outweighs the fact that the summaries of the supporting research may have lacked adequate transparency related to the process of ranking the studies necessary to meet today’s standards of guideline development. Practices represented in these guidelines often are validated as the community standard of care but the rigorous scientific research confirmation may not be available or may have progressed since their publication.

Anxiety Disorders

• Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Published 2004, Reviewed March 2017
• Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Guideline Watch
  Published 2009, Reviewed March 2017
• Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 
  Published 2013, Reviewed March 2017
• AACAP Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders
  Published 2007, Reviewed February 2017
• Canadian Psychiatric Association Anxiety Guidelines
  Published 2006, Reviewed March 2017
• Treating Panic Disorder – APA Practice Guideline
  Published 2009, Reviewed February 2017
• Treating Panic Disorders APA Practice Guideline Quick Reference Guide
  Published 1998, Reviewed February 2017
• Panic Disorder Overview NICE
  Published 2014, Reviewed February 2017

Attention-Deficit Disorder

• AACAP Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  Published 2017, Reviewed March 2017
• AAP Clinical Practice Pathways for Evaluation and Medication Choice for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Published 2012, Reviewed March 2017

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

• AAP Management of Children with ASD
  Published 2014, Reviewed February 2017
• AAP Identification and Evaluation of Children with ASD
  Published 2007, Reviewed February 2017
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment for Children-Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  Published 2014, Reviewed February 2017

Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorders – APA Guideline
  Published 2006, Reviewed March 2017
• Eating Disorders APA Practice Guideline Watch
  Published 2012,  Reviewed March 2017

Mood Disorders

• APA Major Depression
  Published 2010, Reviewed April 2017
• AACAP Practice Parameter for Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Depressive Disorders
  Published 2007, Reviewed March 2017
• VA/DoD Management of Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Adults
  Published 2010, Reviewed April 2017
• AACAP Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder
  Published 2007, Reviewed April 2017
• The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Collaborative Update of CANMAT Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Bipolar Disorder
  Published 2013, Reviewed April 2017
• NICE – Bipolar Disorder: Assessment and Management Clinical Guideline
  Published 2014, Reviewed April 2017

Psychotic Disorders

• APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia
  Published 2004, Reviewed April 2017
• APA Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia
  Published 2009, Reviewed April 2017
• APA Treating Schizophrenia – A Quick Reference Guide
  Published 2004, Reviewed April 2017
• AACAP Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia
  Published 2013, Reviewed April 2017

Substance Use Disorders (SUD)

• Center for Disease Control Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016 (adopted by Beacon as treatment recommendation for primary care or pain specialty practitioners)
  Published 2016, Reviewed February 2022
• American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence Methadone Safety: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence, in Collaboration with the Heart Rhythm Society
  Published 2014, Reviewed July 2018
• SAMHSA Tip 42 Co-Occurring Disorders
  Published 2013, Reviewed June 2017
• AACAP Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders
  Published 2005, Reviewed February 2017
• Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction – SAMHSA Tip 43
  Published 2014, Reviewed May 2017

Special Topic Guidelines

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Guidelines
  Published 2010, Reviewed April 2017
• Telemental Health Guidelines – ATA
  Published 2009, Reviewed April 2017
• ATA Practice Guidelines for Video-Based Online Mental Health Services
  Published 2013, Reviewed April 2017

Historical Clinical Practice Resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
  Published September 2019, Reviewed January 2020
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center Caring for Adult Patients with Suicide Risk: A Consensus Guide for Emergency Departments
  Published June 2015, Reviewed January 2020
• American Society of Addiction Medicine Public Policy Statement on the Ethical Use of Drug Testing in the Practice of Addiction Medicine
  Published 2019, Reviewed December 2019
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameters for Eating Disorders
  Published 2015, Reviewed June 2019
• Department of Veteran’s Affairs and Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
  Published 2015, Reviewed May 2017
• The United States Surgeon General Facing Addiction in American – The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
  Published 2016, Adopted June 2017
• National Institute of Mental Health Supplemental Information from NIH
  Published 2016, Adopted July 2018
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Update: Telepsychiatry with Children and Adolescents
  Published 2017, Adopted April 2018
• Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Major Depression in Adults in Primary Care Guideline and Executive Summary
  Published 2016, Reviewed December 2016
• National Action Alliance For Suicide Prevention: Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe
  Published 2018, Reviewed May 2021
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
  Published 2016, Reviewed July 2019
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Management of Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System
  Published 2015, Reviewed July 2019
• Clinical Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Huntington Disease: Expert-Based Consensus Guidelines on Agitation, Anxiety, Apathy, Psychosis and Sleep Disorders
  Published: 2018, Reviewed September 2019

The Beacon Health Options Scientific Review Committee (SRC) reviews and/or updates current guidelines or those required by individual contracts at least every two years. Historical guidelines are provided for informational purposes only and are not subject to the same review. 

Current Clinical Practice Guidelines