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Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"Tom" |
| Date: |
29 Sep 2005 04:11:46 AM |
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NICE Guidelines: UK docs told to hold antidepressants for teens |
Latest NICE guidance sets new standards for treating depression in
children and young people
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and
the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health have today (28th
September) launched a clinical guideline on the treatment and
management of depression in children and young people. The guideline
recommends that:
Children and young people with moderate to severe depression should be
offered, as a first-line treatment, a specific psychological therapy
(such as cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy or
family therapy of at least 3 months' duration).
Antidepressant medication should not be offered to children or young
people with moderate to severe depression except in combination with a
concurrent psychological therapy and should not be offered at all to
children with mild depression.
Healthcare professionals in primary care, schools and other relevant
community settings should be trained to detect symptoms of depression,
and to assess children and young people who may be at risk of
depression.
Attention should be paid to the possible need for parents' own
psychiatric problems (particularly depression) to be treated in
parallel, if the child or young person's mental health is to improve.
Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of NICE and Executive Lead for this
guideline says "This guideline makes it clear that psychological
treatments are the most effective way to treat depression in children
and young people. It's important that children and young people taking
anti-depressants do not stop taking them abruptly, but we would advise
people to talk to their GP at their next regular review about whether
a psychological treatment may be a more effective treatment option."
http://anxpangazette.blog-city.com/
http://anxpangazette.blog-city.com/nice_guidelines__uk_docs_told_to_hold_antidepressants_for_te.htm
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