Clinical guidelines & publications library

Firearm risk assessments

Guidance for psychiatrists assessing the risk posed by a person's access to firearms.

Therapeutic use of MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for treatment resistant depression

Psychedelics

Information for psychiatrists about psychedelic-assisted therapy with MDMA and psilocybin. PDF Clinical guideline

Therapeutic use of psychedelic substances

Psychedelics

Information for psychiatrists about the potential utility of psychedelic substances to assist in treating mental illness. PDF Clinical guideline

Sedation and analgesia

Pain management, Sedation

The RANZCP has endorsed this guideline produced by the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) URL Clinical guideline

Informed financial consent

The RANZCP has endorsed this guideline produced by the Australian Medical Association (AMA). URL Clinical guideline

Assessment and Management of Behaviours and Psychological Symptoms associated with Dementia (BPSD)

Dementia

A handbook produced by NSW Health URL Clinical guideline

Treating hepatitis C

Hepatitis C

Guidance for psychiatrists to facilitate care for people living with mental illness who are living with, or at risk of contracting hepatitis C. PDF Clinical guideline

rTMS therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19, Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation

PDF Clinical guideline

ECT treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation

PDF Clinical guideline

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation

PDF Clinical guideline

Use of ketamine in psychiatric practice

Ketamine

PDF Clinical guideline

Deep brain stimulation

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation

PDF Clinical guideline

Smoking cessation

Physical health, Smoking cessation

This guidance is for the management of smoking cessation for people with mental illness, living in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. URL Clinical guideline

Psychiatric service delivery for older people with mental disorders and dementia

Old age

A summary of evidence on effective models of psychiatry service delivery for older people. URL Clinical guideline

Support after patient suicide

Suicide

PDF Clinical guideline

Information sharing with families/whānau/carers

Families, whānau & carers

Professional practice guideline 20 on information sharing with families/whānau/carers. PDF Clinical guideline

Guidance on the delivery of Medicare-funded repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) services in hospitals

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation

PDF Clinical guideline

Access and use of clinical information for medico-legal report writers in New Zealand

Medico-legal

PDF Clinical guideline

Therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis products

Cannabis

PDF Clinical guideline