CP10CH09-Hollon ARI 11 February 2014 8:57 Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines Steven D. Hollon, 1, 10 Patricia A. Are´ an, 2, 10 Michelle G. Craske, 3, 10 Kermit A. Crawford, 4, 10 Daniel R. Kivlahan, 5, 10 Jeffrey J. Magnavita, 6, 10 Thomas H. Ollendick, 7, 10 Thomas L. Sexton, 8, 10 Bonnie Spring, 9, 10 Lynn F. Bufka, 11 Daniel I. Galper, 11 and Howard Kurtzman 11 1 Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240; email: steven.d.hollon@vanderbilt.edu 2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 3 Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 4 Center for Multicultural Mental Health, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 5 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington and Mental Health Services, Veterans Health Administration, Seattle, Washington 98108 6 Glastonbury Psychological Associates, Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033 7 Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 8 Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 9 Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 10 Advisory Steering Committee, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 20002 11 American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 20002 Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 2014. 10:213–41 The Annual Review of Clinical Psychology is online at clinpsy.annualreviews.org This article’s doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185529 Copyright c  2014 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved Keywords clinical practice guidelines, guideline development panels, systematic reviews, conflict of interest, analytic framework (scoping), PICOTS questions, transparency Abstract Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to improve mental, be- havioral, and physical health by promoting clinical practices that are based on the best available evidence. The American Psychological Association (APA) is committed to generating patient-focused CPGs that are scientifi- cally sound, clinically useful, and informative for psychologists, other health professionals, training programs, policy makers, and the public. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 standards for generating CPGs represent current best practices in the field. These standards involve multidisciplinary guide- line development panels charged with generating recommendations based on comprehensive systematic reviews of the evidence. The IOM standards will guide the APA as it generates CPGs that can be used to inform the gen- eral public and the practice community regarding the benefits and harms of various treatment options. CPG recommendations are advisory rather than compulsory. When used appropriately, high-quality guidelines can facilitate shared decision making and identify gaps in knowledge. 213