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Clinical Practice Guidelines

UMBH has adopted seven clinical practice guidelines. These guidelines have all been developed by medical specialty societies.

Guidelines adopted from the American Psychiatric Association are those for:

• Major Depressive Disorders practice guidelines
• Substance Use Disorders practice guidelines
• Panic Disorder practice guidelines
• Bipolar Disorders practice guidelines
• Suicidal Behaviors practice guidelines
• Schizophrenia practice guidelines

Guidelines adopted from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:

• ADHD practice guidelines

Guidelines adopted from the American Academy of Peiatrics:

• Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders practice guidelines  

Guidelines adopted from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine,UMBH adopted: (Dec 2011)

• Psychiatric Consultation Practice Guidelines -New ( December 2011 )

Clinical practice guidelines are an aid to decision-making for clinicians and their patients for specific clinical circumstances. UMBH recognizes that patients’ decisions, not just practitioner recommendations, influence the course of treatment. Because we have adopted guidelines from recognized specialty societies that we believe represent the best recommendations for treatment, we have initiated a process to measure compliance with the guidelines.

We have selected measurable characteristics from two of the guidelines.

For Major Depressive Disorder in Adults, we measure:

1. How often patients complete at least four outpatient visits in a twelve week period. We believe this represents a minimally acceptable dose of treatment for patients with a new diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.
2. How often practitioners prescribe “first-line” medications as identified in the clinical practice guideline.

For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, we measure:

1. How often patients complete at least four outpatient visits in 90 days.
2. How often practitioners prescribe “first-line” medications as defined in the clinical practice guideline.