International guidelines

United Kingdom

Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Published by:British Association for Psychopharmacology

Last published:2014

Social anxiety disorder: recognition, assessment and treatment

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2013 (reaffirmed 2017)

North America

Anxiety and depression in children and youth: diagnosis and treatment

Published by:British Columbia Medical Association

Last published:2024

Anxiety in children and youth: part 2 - the management of anxiety disorders

Published by:Canadian Paediatric Society

Last published:2022

Anxiety in children and youth: part 1 - diagnosis

Published by:Canadian Paediatric Society

Last published:2022

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR)

Published by:American Psychiatric Association

Last published:2022

Clinical practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders

Published by:American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Last published:2020

Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Published by:Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada

Last published:2014

Recommendations for the management of patients with mood disorders and comorbid anxiety disorders

Published by:Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments

Last published:2012

Oceania

Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and generalised anxiety disorder

Published by:Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Last published:2018

Rest of the world

WFSBP guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders- version 3. part I: anxiety disorders

Published by:World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

Last published:2023

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