Evidence for psychopharmacological treatment of depression in children and adolescents?
Thomsen, P.H.; Sørensen, M.J.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 169(14): 1289-1294
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 17437688 Document Number: 613787
Depression in children and adolescents is relatively prevalent and may have serious consequences. Treatment of depressive disorders may be psychotherapeutic or psychopharmacological. A systematic literature search was performed and the evidence for a psychopharmacological treatment of depressive disorders in children and adolescents was described. Emphasis is put on treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors as these are the best-documented agents in the treatment of depression in children and adolescents.