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For any enquiries, including requests for archived documents, contact policy@ranzcp.org. Clinical practice guidelines The RANZCP has produced the following clinical practice guidelines: ►Anxiety disorders ►Deliberate self-harm ►Eating disorders ►Mood disorders ►Schizophrenia Clinical Practice Guidelines are evidence-based documents that include recommendations intended to optimise patient care and assist health care practitioners to make decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. Clinical Practice Guidelines issued by RANZCP have a limited life. They are regularly reviewed and revised in light of appropriate new evidence that may emerge. Other guidelines and resources by topic A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health - acknowledging the Stolen Generations - December 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health - principles and guidelines [PDF; 65 KB] - July 2014 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health - RANZCP apology for the role played by psychiatrists in the Stolen Generations - 1999 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers - August 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - recognition in the Australian Constitution - November 2018 ADHD in adults ADHD in childhood and adolescence - October 2014 Alcohol policy [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2016 Alcohol related harm - reducing and recognising - November 2016 Antidepressants for children and adolescents [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2005 Antidepressants to treat depression in dementia - February 2015 Anxiety disorders - 2018 Asylum seeker and refugee health [Endorsed external guidance] - May 2015 Asylum seekers and refugees - mental health needs of children - May 2018 Asylum seekers and refugees - provision of mental health services - May 2017 Audio-visual recording in psychiatric practice [PDF; 179 KB] - April 2012 B Benzodiazepines - guidance for use in psychiatric practice [PDF; 65 KB] - November 2019 C Carers - supporting them in the mental health system - September 2021 Cannabis - therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis [PDF; 65 KB] - January 2021 Child and adolescent psychiatrists - their role - October 2010 Child sexual abuse - March 2016 Children and adolescents - psychotropic medication use [PDF; 65 KB] - November 2015 Children in care or at risk of entering care - December 2021 Children of parents with mental illness - March 2016 Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine - deprescribing [Endorsed external guidance] - October 2017 Climate change impacts on mental health - December 2021 Community mental health services - February 2012 COVID-19 - administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) during the pandemic [PDF; 403 KB] - August 2022 COVID-19 - administration of rTMS therapy during the pandemic [PDF; 280 KB] - August 2022 Cultural safety - December 2021 D Deep brain stimulation [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2018 Deep sleep therapy - February 2018 Delirium Clinical Care Standard (revised 2021) Dementia [Endorsed external guidance]- February 2016 Dementia - antipsychotic medications as a treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia [PDF; 65 KB] - August 2016 Dementia - behavioural and psychological symptoms of (BPSD) [Endorsed external guidance] - May 2013 Diagnostic manuals - December 2021 Direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals - July 2016 E Eating disorders - 2014 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - guidelines for the administration of - 2019 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - position statement - October 2019 Electronic monitoring of people utilising forensic mental health services - May 2018 Endorsing external or third-party clinical guidance [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2019 Ethics - RANZCP code [PDF; 65 KB] - 2018 Ethics - see also 'Sexual boundary violations' F Family and whānau involvement in mental health consumers/tangata whai ora in care, assessment and treatment processes [Endorsed external guidance] - November 2000 Family court proceedings [PDF; 65 KB] - February 2019 Family violence and mental health - May 2021 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) [Endorsed external guidance] - September 2019 Financial interests in treatment or management facilities - ethics for RANZCP members [PDF; 65 KB] - May 2015 G Gambling - problem gambling position statement - September 2017 Gender dysphoria / gender incongruence – recognising and addressing mental health needs - August 2021 GPs and psychiatrists: best practice guidelines for referral and communication [PDF; 65 KB] - April 2014 H Hepatitis C [PDF; 347 KB] - December 2022 HIV/AIDs and mental health - August 2018 I Illicit drug policy [PDF; 65 KB] Immigration detention centres in Australia - guidance for psychiatrists working in these centres [PDF; 65 KB] - February 2016 Information sharing with families/whānau/carers - December 2021 International Guidelines Library [Endorsed external guidance] K Ketamine for treatment-resistant depression [PDF; 65 KB] - 2021 L LGBTIQ+ mental health needs - August 2021 Lived experience – partnering with people with a lived experience - September 2021 Lived experience - psychiatrists with personal experience of mental illness - November 2016 Loneliness - May 2019 M Media and digital technology - impact on children and adolescents - May 2018 Medicare benefits for training in psychotherapeutic techniques [PDF; 65 KB] - November 1991 Medicare Benefits Schedule - Opinion and report (MBS item 291) Medico-legal report writers in New Zealand - access and use of clinical information [PDF; 119 KB] - August 2021 Medico-legal settings - developing reports and conducting independent examinations [PDF; 65 KB] - November 2020 Mental health legislation - comparing Mental Health Acts across Australia and New Zealand - June 2017 Mental health services - May 1997 Methamphetamine use - recognising and addressing the harmful mental health impacts - September 2019 Mood disorders - 2020 N National codes and standards relevant to psychiatry practice and mental health services in Australia and New Zealand [PDF; 65 KB] - April 2017 Natural disasters and climate-change-related weather events - addressing mental health impacts - January 2020 NDIS for psychiatrists Neurosurgery for mental disorders - October 2019 O Off-label prescribing in psychiatry [PDF; 65 KB] - May 2018 Older people - psychiatry services for - November 2019 Older people: Psychiatric service delivery for older people with mental disorders and dementia - June 2022 Opioid policy - improving management of chronic non-malignant pain [Endorsed external guidance] - April 2009 P Pain Management (Acute): Scientific Evidence 5th edition [Endorsed external guidance] - 2020 Past mental health practices - acknowledging and learning from - March 2016 Perinatal mental health services - October 2021 Persons found not criminally responsible or unfit to stand trial - November 2020 Pharmaceutical and healthcare industry - ethical principles in relationship to psychiatrists [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2019 Pharmaceutical industry - principles for RANZCP engagement - June 2016 Pharmacogenetics in healthcare [Endorsed external guidance] - July 2018 Physical health of people with mental illness - 2017 Post-traumatic stress disorder Prevention and early intervention of mental illness in infants, children and adolescents - October 2010 Principles for mental health systems - December 2021 Private health insurance policies for psychiatric care in Australia - May 2017 Private psychiatric practice - information about setting up, managing and closing a practice [Member sign-in required] - November 2016 Psychedelic substances - therapeutic use of [PDF; 295 KB] - July 2022 Psychiatrists as team members - April 2002 Psychosis - see schizophrenia clinical practice guideline - 2016 Psychotherapy conducted by psychiatrists - June 2021 R Recovery and the psychiatrist - March 2016 Referral communication between psychiatrists and GPs - best practice - December 2020 Referred patient assessment and management guidelines [PDF; 65 KB] Religion and spirituality in psychiatric practice - June 2018 Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) - guidelines for the administration of [PDF; 65 KB] - November 2018 Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) - guidance on the delivery of Medicare-funded rTMS services in hospitals [PDF; 121 KB] - November 2021 Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) - position statement - November 2018 Role and relationships of psychiatrists and other service providers in mental health services - January 2012 Role of psychiatrists in the prevention and early intervention of mental illness in infants, children and adolescents - October 2010 Role of the psychiatrist in Australia and New Zealand - November 2013 Rural psychiatry - January 2022 S Schizophrenia - 2016 Seclusion and restraint - minimising and, where possible, eliminating the use of seclusion and restraint in people with mental illness - August 2021 Sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and interventional medical, dental or surgical procedures [Endorsed external guidance] - 2014 Self-harm - 2016 Sexual boundary violations - zero tolerance policy [PDF; 65 KB] - March 2016 Sexual orientation change efforts - March 2019 Smoking cessation - June 2022 Social anxiety disorder - 2018 Social media and online presence for psychiatrists - November 2016 Stimulant medications in adults [PDF; 65 KB] - October 2015 Stolen generations - position statement - December 2020 Suicide - Supporting team members after the suicide of a patient [PDF; 204 KB] - December 2021 Suicide - coping with patient suicide as a supervisor [PDF; 200 KB] - September 2021 Suicide - coping with patient suicide while in training [PDF; 120 KB] - August 2021 Suicide reporting in the media - March 2019 T Telehealth in psychiatry - May 2020 Tobacco policy [PDF; 65 KB] - 2005 Torture and other inhuman treatment - abolition of - November 2018 Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) [PDF; 65 KB] - August 2018 V Voluntary assisted dying - September 2020 W Whānau Ora - May 2021 WPA Position Statement on Implementing Alternatives to Coercion: A Key Component of improving mental health [Endorsed external guidance] - October 2020 Workforce - child and adolescent psychiatry [PDF; 65 KB] - June 2019 Workforce - specialist old age psychiatry - July 2016 Back to top In this section Guidelines and resources for practice Events Congress Faculty of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2023 Conference Member Education E-Sessions Webinar and event recordings Learnit e-learning RANZCP Journals Journal library Psych Matters podcast Private practice resources Research in psychiatry RANZCP Education and Training Reports Rural psychiatry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' mental health Māori Mental Health Telehealth in psychiatry rTMS endorsement Mentoring Specialist Training Program Psychiatry Jobs Hub Useful online resources