FEDERATION OF TEXAS PSYCHIATRY

                                            A United Voice for Texas Psychiatry

The Federation of Texas Psychiatry unites Texas' professional psychiatric organizations. Voting member organizations - the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, the Texas Academy of Psychiatry, and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Associate member organizations - the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research, the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association - together represent about 45,000 physicians in Texas united in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.

PRACTICE GUIDELINES

The following Practice Guidelines have been developed and approved by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians. Guidelines adopted by TSPP are not considered to be Standards or to be prescriptive for all patients due to the wide variety of circumstances associated with the presentation of patients for psychiatric care.

• Guidelines of Practice for Inpatient Psychiatric Care

• Guidelines of Practice for Medical Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization

• Guidelines of Practice for Psychiatric Consultants Providing Psychiatric Services to Patients in Nursing Homes and Convalescent Facilities

• Admission Guideline for Crisis Facilities

• Guidelines of Practice for Documentation of Inpatient Care

• Recommendations to Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations Operating in Texas

• Guidelines of Practice for Medication Management in Psychiatry

• Guidelines of Practice for Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Services

• Office-Based Outpatient Withdrawal Techniques: A Guide - Alcohol

• Office-Based Outpatient Withdrawal Techniques: A Guide - Anxiolytic/Sedative/Hypnotic Drugs

• Office-Based Outpatient Withdrawal Techniques: A Guide - Opiates

• Office-Based Treatment Guideline for Cannabis Withdrawal

• Office-Based Treatment Guideline for Cocaine and Amphetamine Withdrawal

• Office-Based Treatment Guideline for GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) Withdrawal

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Last modified: 05/06/09