Society guideline links: Cocaine use and cocaine use disorder

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): International standards for the treatment of drug use disorders, revised edition incorporating results of field-testing (2020)

United States

●American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)/American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP): Clinical practice guideline on the management of stimulant use disorder (2024)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (2016, reaffirmed 2023)

●AAP: Clinical report on families affected by parental substance use (2016, reaffirmed 2022)

●US Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD): Clinical practice guidelines for the management of substance use disorder (2021)

●Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) for substance use disorder treatment and family therapy (2020)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on illicit drug use in children, adolescents, and young adults – Primary care-based interventions (2020)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on unhealthy drug use – Screening (2020)

●SAMHSA: Evidence-based resource guide series – Substance misuse prevention for young adults (2019)

●SAMHSA: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) for enhancing motivation for change in substance use disorder treatment (2019)

●American College of Physicians (ACP): Position paper on health and public policy to facilitate effective prevention and treatment of substance use disorders involving illicit and prescription drugs (2017)

●SAMHSA: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) for detoxification and substance abuse treatment (2015)

●SAMHSA: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) for managing depressive symptoms in substance abuse clients during early recovery (2008, revised 2014)

●SAMHSA: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) for substance abuse treatment – Addressing the specific needs of women (2009, revised 2013)

●SAMHSA: Quick guide for clinicians – Managing chronic pain in adults with or in recovery from substance use disorders (2013)

●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement for management of cocaine-associated chest pain and myocardial infarction (2008)

●American Psychiatric Association (APA): Guideline watch − Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders, 2nd edition (2007)

•APA: Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders, 2nd edition (2006)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on drug misuse prevention (2018)

●NICE: Guideline for drug misuse prevention − Targeted interventions (2017)

●United Kingdom Department of Health (DH): Drug misuse and dependence – UK guidelines on clinical management (2017)

●NICE: Guideline on coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse – Community health and social care services (2016)

●NICE: Guideline on controlled drugs − Safe use and management (2016)

●British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP): Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of substance abuse, harmful use, addiction and comorbidity, update (2012)

●NICE: Quality standard on drug use disorders in adults (2012)

●NICE: Coexisting severe mental illness (psychosis) with coexisting substance misuse – Assessment and management in healthcare settings (2011)

Australia–New Zealand

●South Australia Health (SA Health): Substance misuse and dependence (2021)