A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder

AbstractA clinical practice guideline (CPG) is a rigorously established set of recommendations based on currently available evidence about the efficacy, safety, acceptability, and feasibility of interventions to assist with clinical decision-making. The 2023 Department of Veterans Affairs /Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder is described herein. The CPG recommendations are accompanied by a clinical algorithm, which incorporates principles of evidence-based practice, shared decision-making, and functional and contextual assessments of goals and outcomes. An overview of the CPG recommendations is combined with a discussion of questions that clinicians and patients may face in implementing the CPG and suggestions for how to effectively work with the CPG.

Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - January 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ariel J. Lang, Jessica L. Hamblen, Paul Holtzheimer, Ursula Kelly, Sonya B. Norman, David Riggs, Paula P. Schnurr, Ilse Wiechers Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research