[#DIV28SUPER] Public comment - AHRQ/PCORI Draft Key Questions on Interventions for Disruptive Behavior Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Dear Division 28 Colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting. The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), has posted the proposed key questions for the systematic review on Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents.

AHRQ is a government agency tasked with producing evidence to improve the quality of healthcare while working with partners to ensure that the evidence is understood and used.

PCORI is an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions. PCORI is committed to continuously seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work.

Key decisional dilemmas for this review include determining the most effective treatments (while weighing benefits and harms) for disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) that include various psychosocial interventions, pharmacotherapy, or a combination of the two; determining if any patient, clinical, treatment characteristics or treatment history impact the benefits and harms of treatment; and determining the presence and extent of disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of DBDs.

 

Currently, the EPC program has posted the proposed key questions for the systematic review. They are available for your review and feedback until January 31, 2023 at the Effective Healthcare Web site.

 

Please share this announcement with your networks. For any questions, please contact Dr. Raquel Halfond, Senior Director, Evidence-based Practice & Health Equity, at rhalfond@apa.org.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Jacob S. Marzalik, MA (he/him/his)

Project Manager, Clinical Practice Guidelines

Practice Transformation and Quality, Practice Directorate

American Psychological Association

  

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