Protocols and Guidelines

ADHD

• Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA): Canadian ADHD practice guidelines: These guidelines review diagnosis, assessment and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan
• American Academy of Pediatrics: ADHD: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: Updates and replaces two previously published clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children

Antipsychotics

• Evidence-based Recommendations for Monitoring Safety of Second-generation Antipsychotics in Children and Youth (PDF)
• Management Recommendations for Metabolic Complications Associated with Second-generation Antipsychotic Use in Children and Youth (PDF): This set of treatment recommendations complements previous guidelines for monitoring for metabolic and neurological complications. Use it if you encounter abnormal measurements or results

Cannabis use in youth

• Recreational Cannabis Messaging Summaries (PDF): This document provides messaging, summaries and resources on recreational cannabis and does not include guidelines surrounding medical use

Clinical practice guidelines instrument 

• Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument II (PDF): A tool that assesses the methodological rigour and transparency with which a guideline is developed

Eating disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa In-patient Care Path (PDF)
• Bulimia Nervosa In-patient Care Path (PDF)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the BC Eating Disorders Continuum of Services (PDF): The essential tools for treating eating disorders, including key principles that are relevant across the continuum of care

Mood and anxiety disorders 

• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic: clinical practice guidelines (PDF)

Mental health telehealth

• Practice guidelines for video-based telehealth services (2014) (PDF) (children, youth and adults)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

• Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (PDF): Highlights the clinical assessment and reviews and summarizes the evidence base for treatment

Psychosis

• Standards and guidelines for early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs (PDF): Identifies minimum program requirements for evidence-based early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs as well as guidelines to facilitate implementation and ongoing operations of these programs

Risk assessment

• START summary sheet (PDF): 20-item clinical guide for the dynamic assessment of seven risk domains (violence to others, suicide, self-harm, self-neglect, unauthorized absence, substance use, and victimization)

Suicide prevention

• The provincial suicide clinical framework (PDF): A common strategy for assessing, treating, monitoring and documenting suicide prevention activities across British Columbia health authorities

Tourette syndrome

• Canadian guidelines for the evidence-based treatment of Tourette syndrome (PDF): Provides guidance on the treatment of Tourette syndrome and its most common co-morbid conditions: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder