Consumer contributions in developing clinical practice guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines are designed for use with consumers. However, consumers are rarely consulted about their development. This paper describe s a research project to develop clinical practice guidelines for a communit y meeting to prevent and intervene with assaultive behavior. The research i ncluded consumer input from psychiatric inpatients. The two-phase approach with the consumers included a focus group, followed by survey research. Res ults, problems, and recommendations are presented.