International Psoriasis Council

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Treatment Guidelines

A compilation of evidence-based guidelines for psoriasis diagnosis and management.

 

Africa/Middle East

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Psoriasis Experts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Practical Guidelines on Biologic Treatment of Psoriasis 
Published: June 2015

Dermatological Society of South Africa
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psoriasis 
Published: April 2010

Asia

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Japanese Dermatological Association
Japanese Guidance for the Use of Biologics for Psoriasis 

Published: January 2020

The Korean Society for Psoriasis
Basic Therapeutic Approach for Patients with Plaque Psoriasis: Korean Expert Consensus Using the Modified Delphi Method
Published: June 2023 (free access)

Europe

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European Dermatology Forum
Living EuroGuiDerm Guideline for the systemic treatment of psoriasis vulgaris  
Published: June 2020
Download entire guideline for most up to date version of June 21, 2021 (free access)

European S3-Guideline on the Systemic Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris—Update Apremilast and Cooperation With EADV and IPC   
Published: December 2017 (free access)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Psoriasis guidance in various topics
Published: Last Update 2022

Latin America

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Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica
Guía de práctica clínica para el tratamiento de la psoriasis en Colombia
Published: April 2018 (pdf download)

Brazilian Society of Dermatology
Brazilian Consensus on Psoriasis 2020 and Treatment Algorithm of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology
Published: 2021 (pdf download)

COLPSOR (GrupoColombiano de Psoriasis e Immundermatología) & AsoColDerma (Asociación Colombiana de Dermatologia y Cirugía Dermatológia)
Guía de práctica clínica para el tratamiento de la psoriasis en Colombia 
Published: 2022 (pdf download)

SOARPSO (Sociedad Argentina de Psoriasis)
Guías argentinas de tratamiento de la psoriasis-SOARPSO (Sociedad Argentina de Psoriasis)
Published: 2020

Sociedad Chilena de Dermatología y Venereología
Actualización guías clínicas chilenas para el manejo de la psoriasis
Published: 2020 (pdf download)

Mexican Academy of Dermatology
Guía de práctica clínica: manejo de la psoriasis moderada a grave con tratamientos sistémicos convencionales y sistémicos biológicos en el entorno del Sistema de Salud Mexicano
Published: July 2021

Sociedad Argentina de Dermatología
Consenso Nacional de Psoriasis
Published: 2022 (pdf download)

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Sociedad Latinoamericana de Psoriasis
Latin American Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Systemic Treatment of Psoriasis  
Published: 2019 (pdf download)

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North America

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Additional Resources

The Global Guidelines in Dermatology Mapping Project (GUIDEMAP) is an international effort to create and maintain an accessible web directory of clinical practice guidelines. Through their work, they also assess the quality of the guidelines. Currently, psoriasis guidelines from 20 countries have been reviewed. 

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