title: What are evidence-based treatment recommendations?
abstract: In recent years new methodologies for developing treatment recommendations that give consideration to evidence, values, preferences and feasibility issues have been developed. One of the most well-developed approaches is the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. This article briefly presents how this methodology may be employed to develop treatment recommendations that might constitute a permanent infrastructure between primary research and everyday clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. corrado.barbui@univr.it
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authors.lastname: Barbui
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authors.lastname: Cipriani
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards