Abstract
Potential Implications Joel Yager M.D. 1 , Deborah A. Zarin M.D. 2 , Harold A. Pincus M.D. 3 , and John S. McIntyre M.D. 4 1 Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; American Psychiatric Association Subcommittee on Practice Guideline Dissemination, implementation and Evaluation, Washington, DC 2 Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 3 Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association; George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 4 American Psychiatric Association Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines; University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York The American Psychiatric Association's practice guidelines provide authoritative guidance for assessing and treating major clinical problems that psychiatrists face. This article reviews the social context in which practice guidelines have emerged, opportunities they afford educators, and limitations in their educational and practice applications. Practice guidelines should be used in residents' and medical students' seminars and in continuing medical education activities. The incentive to study guidelines may increase as their likely use as information sources for questions on in-service and specialty board certification examinations as well as in clinical quality-assurance activities becomes more widely recognized.Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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