The NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research manages the NIH Consensus Development Program, the focal point for evidence-based assessments of medical practice and state-of-the-science on behalf of the medical community and the public. NIH Consensus Statements:

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents:an NIH State-of-the-Science
• Effective Medical Treatment of Opiate Addiction
• Interventions to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life
• Treatment of Panic Disorder
• Treatment of Destructive Behaviors in Persons with Developmental Disabilities
• Differential Diagnosis of Dementing Diseases
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Mood Disorders: Pharmacologic Prevention of Recurrences

Fact sheets identifying current research and best practices for the prevention and treatment of specific mental health disorders. Includes information on:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Autism
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Child and Adolescent Violence
• Cognitive Disorders
• HIV/AIDS
• Rural mental health
• Schizophrenia

• Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Dementia and its Behavioral Disturbances
• Behavioral Emergencies
• Depression in Women
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems in Mental Retardation
• Bipolar Disorder 2004
• Schizophrenia
• Agitation in Older Persons with Dementia
• Using Antipsychotic Agents in Older Patients

Recommendations for the treatment of schizophrenia based on existing scientific evidence were developed by the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT). Based on exhaustive reviews of the treatment outcomes literature, the treatment recommendations focus on treatments for which there is substantial evidence of efficacy.