Table 3: Summary of recommendations of the NICE guideline on the treatment of depressive disorder in children and adolescents

Severity of depression   Management
     
Mild depression (including dysthymia)   Watchful waiting
 

Non-directive supportive therapy/group cognitive behavioural therapy/guided self-help
     
Moderate to severe depression   Brief psychological therapy +/- fluoxetine
     
Depression unresponsive to treatment/recurrent depression/ psychotic depression   Intensive psychological therapy +/- fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, augmentation with an antipsychotic