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The clinical practice guidelines are listed below in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
2023
Bandelow B, Allgulander C, Baldwin DS, Costa DLDC, Denys D, Dilbaz N, Domschke K, Hollander E, Kasper S, Möller HJ, Eriksson E, Fineberg NA, Hättenschwiler J, Kaiya H, Karavaeva T, Katzman MA, Kim YK, Inoue T, Lim L, Masdrakis V, Menchón JM, Miguel EC, Nardi AE, Pallanti S, Perna G, Rujescu D, Starcevic V, Stein DJ, Tsai SJ, Van Ameringen M, Vasileva A, Wang Z, Zohar J. 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. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2023 Feb;24(2):118-134. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2022.2086296. Epub 2022 Jul 28. PMID: 35900217.
2021
Martin A, Naunton M, Kosari S, Peterson G, Thomas J, Christenson JK. Treatment Guidelines for PTSD: A Systematic Review. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 15;10(18):4175. doi: 10.3390/jcm10184175. PMID: 34575284; PMCID: PMC8471692.
2020
Forbes D, Bisson JI, Monson CM, Berliner L (Editors). Effective Treatments for PTSD. Third Edition. Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. 2020.
2019
Hamblen JL, Norman SB, Sonis JH, Phelps AJ, Bisson JI, Nunes VD, Megnin-Viggars O, Forbes D, Riggs DS, Schnurr PP. A guide to guidelines for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults: An update. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2019 Sep;56(3):359-373. doi: 10.1037/pst0000231. PMID: 31282712.
2018
VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder: Clinician Summary. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2018 Oct;16(4):430-448. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.16408. Epub 2018 Oct 18. PMID: 32021581; PMCID: PMC6996084. The full guideline as well as the clinician summary are also available at this link.
2017
American Psychological Association, Guideline Development Panel for the Treatment of PTSD in Adults. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults. Available at https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/ptsd.pdf
American Psychological Association. Guideline Development Panel for the Treatment of PTSD in Adults, American Psychological Association. Summary of the clinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Am Psychol. 2019 Jul-Aug;74(5):596-607. doi: 10.1037/amp0000473. PMID: 31305099.
Silver KE, Levant RF. An appraisal of the American Psychological Association’s Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2019 Sep;56(3):347-358. doi: 10.1037/pst0000230. PMID: 31282711.
Obsolete citations
Baldwin DS, Anderson IM, Nutt DJ, Allgulander C, Bandelow B, den Boer JA, Christmas DM, Davies S, Fineberg N, Lidbetter N, Malizia A, McCrone P, Nabarro D, O’Neill C, Scott J, van der Wee N, Wittchen HU. Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a revision of the 2005 guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. J Psychopharmacol. 2014 May;28(5):403-39. doi: 10.1177/0269881114525674. Epub 2014 Apr 8. PMID: 24713617.
Katzman MA, Bleau P, Blier P, Chokka P, Kjernisted K, Van Ameringen M; Canadian Anxiety Guidelines Initiative Group on behalf of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des troubles anxieux and McGill University, Antony MM, Bouchard S, Brunet A, Flament M, Grigoriadis S, Mendlowitz S, O’Connor K, Rabheru K, Richter PM, Robichaud M, Walker JR. Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 2014;14 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S1. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-S1-S1. Epub 2014 Jul 2. PMID: 25081580; PMCID: PMC4120194.
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