Professional practice guidelines: Guidance for developers and users

This document is a guide for the development, evaluation, and review of proposed and existing professional practice guidelines. It is designed to promote quality and consistency in professional practice guideline development and to describe the criteria by which these guidelines are evaluated and reviewed. These criteria are designed to assist in the development of guidelines that are broadly applicable to a range of practice areas yet provide sufficient specificity to assist the practitioner in providing high quality psychological services. The intent behind these criteria is to ensure deliberation and care in the development of professional practice guidelines. This document is intended for professional practice guideline development committees composed entirely of psychologists and for other efforts in which psychologists are involved.