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Behavioral Health Practice Guidelines

Community Care uses the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guideline for Major Depressive Disorder (Second Edition), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Principles of Drug Addiction: A Research Based Guide, and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia (Second Edition) to help you and your provider make decisions about your treatment for these issues.

Behavioral health practice guidelines can help providers and members make decisions about treatment and ensure the best care.  For example, in the beginning of treatment for depression, it can be helpful to see your provider each week.  It can also be helpful to continue to receive drug abuse treatment even after you stop taking drugs.  Community Care recommends staying in treatment for both depression and drug abuse because we believe that continued treatment can help you in your recovery.

For more information on these conditions or practice guidelines, please call the Community Care office in your county.  You can also receive more information by clicking here for Major Depressive Disorder, here for treatment for drug abuse, and here for Schizophrenia.

Community Care welcomes your input on these guidelines.  If you would like to talk to us about the guidelines, please call the Community Care office in your county and ask for someone in the Quality Department.

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