Division of Behavioral Health Services

ADHS/DBHS Adopted Practice Guidelines for Children and Adolescents

ADHS/DBHS Office of the Medical Director, in consultation with the T/RBHA medical directors, adopt practice guidelines that 1) are from nationally recognized medical organizations such as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) if available or developed through a consensus of health care professionals in the particular field; 2) are based on current, valid, and reliable clinical evidence and; 3) have considered the needs of the members served in the public behavioral health system.

ADHS/DBHS Children's Practice Guidelines

• CFT Practice Protocol
• Medication Guidelines for Children: Birth to Five Years of Age

National Practice Guidelines (AACAP)

• AACAP Practice Parameters
  • Practice Parameter on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care in Community Systems of Care
  • Practice Parameter on the Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents
  • Practice Parameter for the Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medication in Children and Adolescents
  • Practice Parameter on the Psychiatric Assessment and Management of Physically Ill Children and Adolescents

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