NICE limits pharmacotherapy for younger patients with depression (Nursing Times)Anti-depressants should not
NICE limits pharmacotherapy for younger patients with depression (Nursing Times)
Anti-depressants should not be used as first-line treatment in patients younger than 18 years old even for moderate-to-severe or psychotic depression, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) said this week.
NICE guidance sets new standards for treating depression in children and young people, UK (Medical News Today)
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health have today (28 September) launched a clinical guideline on the treatment and management of depression in children and young people.
'Devoted' but depressed dad not criminally responsible for killing son, 11 (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
LONDON, Ont. (CP) - By all accounts a loving father, David Carmichael instilled confidence in hundreds of young children before a crushing depression compelled him to drug and suffocate his own 11-year-old son after a night of video games and television.
Elle's advice to Kate (News Interactive)
ELLE Macpherson reportedly advised troubled Kate Moss to check into the US clinic she used two years ago for treatment for depression.
