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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Anxiety and anxiety disorders in adults" and "Society guideline links: Anxiety and trauma-related disorders in children" and "Society guideline links: Dissociative disorders".)
International
●World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP): Guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD (2022)
●International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS): New guidelines for the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder – Methodology and development process (2019)
●WFSBP: A consensus statement on biological markers for anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD – Part I: Neuroimaging and genetics (2016)
●WFSBP: A consensus statement on biological markers for anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD – Part II: Neurochemistry, neurophysiology, and neurocognition (2016)
●World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): mhGAP humanitarian intervention guide (mhGAP-HIG) – Clinical management of mental, neurological, and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies (2015)
●International Cognitive (INCOG): Recommendations for management of cognition following traumatic brain injury, part I – Posttraumatic amnesia/delirium (2014)
●WHO: Guidelines for the management of conditions specifically related to stress (2013)
●WFSBP: Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care (2012)
Canada
●Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada (ADAC): Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders (2014)
United States
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee statement on health care for women and gender-diverse active-duty and reserve uniformed service members and veterans (2024)
●US Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD): Clinical practice guideline for management of posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder (2023)
●American Psychological Association (APA): Clinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (2017)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on post-traumatic stress disorder (2018)
●British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP): Guidelines for evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (2005, revised 2014)
Australia–New Zealand
●Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (PACPMH): Australian guidelines for the prevention and treatment of acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD (2020)
●Monash University (MU): Clinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions in general practice (2019)
