Clinical practice guidelines for depression in young people: are the treatment recommendations outdated?
The 1997 NHMRC clinical practice guidelines for depression in young people included recommendations for treatment that need to be modified in light of more recent research. Changes to the guidelines should include the findings that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and some forms of psychotherapy are effective in treating adolescent depression. It is increasingly recognised that depression in adolescents often recurs and that prevention of recurrences should be a priority for research and practice.
Chan
Raphael T W
RT
Queenscliff Community Health Centre, PO Box 605, Brookvale NSW 2100, Australia.
Rey
Joseph M
JM
Hazell
Philip L
PL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005473:Fluoxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors