Please use this form to give your feedback on APA practice guidelines, guideline watches, and quick reference guides. The form asks if guideline content is current and useful and how particular guidelines may be improved. The form can be completed in less than 5 minutes.

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Practice Guideline:    Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias of Late Life Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Delirium Eating Disorders HIV/AIDS Major Depressive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Panic Disorder Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults Schizophrenia Substance Use Disorders Suicidal Behaviors

In your opinion, are the recommendations of this guideline current, i.e., do they
reflect best practice based on current available evidence?       No       Yes

Comments:

In your opinion, does the guideline contain recommendations or significant
omissions that could endanger patients or cause harm?       No       Yes

Comments:

In your opinion, does the guideline provide a balanced biopsychosocial
understanding of the topic?
strongly agree    somewhat agree    somewhat disagree    strongly disagree

Comments:

Do you have any suggestions to make this guideline more useful for clinicians?
No       Yes

Comments:

Which guidelines have you read (select all that apply)?
Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias of Late Life
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Delirium
Eating Disorders
HIV/AIDS
Major Depressive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults
Schizophrenia
Substance Use Disorders
Suicidal Behaviors

To what degree have you been aware that APA publishes guideline watches, brief summaries of significant developments since guideline publication?
strongly aware    somewhat aware    dimly aware    not aware

To what degree have you been aware that guideline watches are available on the Practice Guidelines Homepage (at http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/PsychiatricPractice/
PracticeGuidelines_1.aspx), on PsychiatryOnline.org (at http://www.psychiatryonline.org), and in guideline compendiums (since 2006) published by American Psychiatric Publishing?
strongly aware    somewhat aware    dimly aware    not aware

Please provide any comments or suggestions about the guideline watches.

How do you use the guidelines (select all that apply)?
Clinical decision-making
Continuing medical education
Preparation for ABPN certification and recertification exams
Residency training
Medical care administration or management
Forensics
Patient or family education
Research
Other (please specify)  

To what degree do you agree that the practice guidelines are user-friendly, i.e.,
easy to read and use for the above purposes?
strongly agree    somewhat agree    somewhat disagree    strongly disagree

Comments:

What topics would you like to see APA address with a practice guideline in the future?

To what degree have you used Quick Reference to the APA Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, published by American Psychiatric Publishing?
frequently    sometimes    rarely    never

Comments:

To what degree have you used the continuing medical education (CME) courses based on the practice guidelines (available at http://apaeducation.org, offering free CME credit to APA members)?
frequently    sometimes    rarely    never

Comments:

What other products derived from the practice guidelines would you like APA to develop?

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