Publication details
Klinická vodítka NICE léčby depresivních poruch u dětí a adolescentů
| Title in English | NICE quideline of treatment of depressive disorders in children and adolescents |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Psychiatrie pro praxi |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Psychiatry, sexuology |
| Keywords | depression; children; fluoxetine; sertralin; citalopram; NICE quideline |
| Description | Antidepresant medication should not be offered to a child or young person with moderate or severe depression except in combination with a concurrent psychological therapy. Accordance with NICE Quideline, when an antidepressant is prescribed to a child or young people with moderate to severe depression it should be fluoxetine as this is only antidepressant for which clicnical trial evidence show that the benefits outweigh the risk. If treatment with fluoxetine is unsuccesful or is not tolerated, consideration should be given to the use of anorther antidepressant - sertraline or citaloprame are the recommended as second-line treatmens. |