GPAC: Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee

Mental Health

Guidelines (in HTML)	Printable Documents (PDF)
Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly - Recognition, Diagnosis and Management	• Full Guideline (PDF 456K) • Summary (PDF 131K) • Table 1: Clinical Features of Dementia, Depression and Delirium (PDF 69K) • Table 2: Differential Diagnosis of Dementia (PDF 64K) • Table 3: Starting dose and titration schedule of AChEIs (PDF 66K) • Appendix A - The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) Diagnostic Algorithm (PDF 59K) • Appendix B - Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (PDF 71K) • Appendix C - Standardized Mini-Mental State Exam (SMMSE) (PDF 129K) • Appendix D - Clock Drawing Test (PDF 52K) • Appendix E - Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (PDF 122K) • Appendix F - Global Deterioration Scale (PDF 72K) • Appendix G - Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly Flow Sheet (PDF 159K) • A Guide for People with Dementia and their Caregivers (PDF 158K) A PDA version of this guideline is also available at www.Clinipearls.ca/BCGuidelines
Major Depressive Disorder - Diagnosis and Management	• Full Guideline (PDF 342K) • Summary (PDF 135K) • Flow Sheet (PDF 141K) • Patient Guide (PDF 116K) A PDA version of this guideline is also available at www.Clinipearls.ca/BCGuidelines
Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) Program: Urine Drug Testing of Patients	• Full Guideline (PDF 99K) A PDA version of this guideline is also available at www.Clinipearls.ca/BCGuidelines

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Last Revised: July 16, 2008