PracticeUpdate
May 8, 2014
|Vol. 11, No. 9
The growing impact of clinical practice guidelines
By Rebecca A. ClayPresenters at the March 2014 State Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., illustrated how guidelines for behavioral health providers are used in a variety of settings.
- Creating roadmaps for practice
Opening session videos from keynote speakers Katherine C. Nordal, PhD, APA executive director for professional practice, and David Barlow, PhD, founder and director emeritus for the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, from the 31st annual State Leadership Conference.
- Research roundup: Understanding Alzheimer’s disease
This issue focuses on recent research related to predispositions and interventions for Alzheimer’s disease.
- Comments on revisions to Social Security Administration criteria for evaluating neurological disorders
The APA Practice Directorate, along with input from Divisions 38 and 40, addressed a proposed disability determination question.