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Major depression

Published March 2021 (Amended May 2025)

  • Features of major depression
  • Principles of treating major depression in adults and young people
  • Principles of treating major depression in children
  • Psychological therapies for major depression
  • Approach to antidepressant therapy for major depression in adults and young people
  • Antidepressant regimens for major depression in adults and young people
  • Treating psychotic depression in adults and young people
  • Initial pharmacotherapy for major depression in children
  • Follow-up and duration of antidepressant therapy for major depression
  • Treatment-resistant major depression in adults and young people
  • Treatment-resistant major depression in children
  • Recurrent major depression in adults and young people
  • Complementary medicines for major depression
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