What Treatment Guidelines and Updates Does CANMAT Publish?

CANMAT (Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments) publishes clinical treatment guidelines for mood and anxiety disorders, and posts news of new releases on its website. As of the site's current news listings, two recent guideline releases are highlighted: the 2025 CANMAT and ICOCS Guidelines for the treatment of OCD, and the CANMAT 2024 Guidelines for Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, & Related Disorders, which includes a companion Patient and Family Guide. To see these and future updates, you can check the News section of canmat.org or register for updates.

What CANMAT Is

CANMAT describes itself as a network of academic and clinical experts dedicated to improving clinical care for people with mood and anxiety disorders. Its stated activities include:

• Providing up-to-date scientific information
• Publishing treatment guidelines
• Offering educational activities for health professionals
• Providing clear information about symptoms and treatments for patients and families

This dual audience matters when you are looking for a guideline: some materials are written for clinicians, and some are written for patients and families.

Guidelines and Updates Listed on the Site

The site's news area lists specific releases with dates. Based on the page evidence:

These entries show the pattern CANMAT uses: a dated news item announcing that a guideline is available, sometimes paired with a patient-facing companion document. The site also has an "All News" link, which is where additional or older announcements would be collected.

How to Get Guidelines and Stay Updated

The site offers two routes:

1. Register with CANMAT. The registration page states that signing up lets you receive updates and access treatment guidelines and clinical resources, and that it is free. If you have already registered, you log in instead.
2. Follow the news and social channels. The site has a "Stay Connected" section pointing to research updates, and a Twitter feed area (which may not always load).

A practical approach: if you need a specific guideline, start with the News listings to confirm the exact title and release date, then register or log in to access the guideline and clinical resources.

Choosing the Right Resource for Your Role

• Health professionals: look for the guideline documents themselves (for example, the OCD or perinatal guidelines) and clinical resources available after registration.
• Patients and families: look for companion documents such as the Patient and Family Guide attached to the perinatal guidelines, and the general symptom and treatment information CANMAT says it provides for patients and families.

Common Snags

• The Twitter feed may show as unavailable, so news listings on the site are the more reliable place to check for releases.
• Registration is described as free, but access to guidelines and clinical resources is tied to registering or logging in, so plan for that step rather than expecting everything to be open without it.
• Guideline titles include partner organizations (for example, ICOCS for the OCD guideline), so search by the full title if you are looking for a specific document.