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BACKGROUND:   The Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence have issued guidance on antidepressant use in depression in young people. METHOD:   An anonymous survey was sent to 692 UK consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry; the response rate was 70.1%. RESULTS:   Almost all (95.1%) respondents said fluoxetine was their antidepressant of first choice (29.9% only prescribed fluoxetine), although use of sertraline and citalopram was common. The CSM advice had resulted in 68.4% switching to fluoxetine only, or mostly. CONCLUSIONS:   Clinicians appear to be adhering national guidance. Guidance needs to be regularly updated to reflect current evidence.

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00580.x

Type

Journal article

Journal

Child Adolesc Ment Health

Publication Date

05/2011

Volume

16

Pages

79 - 85

Keywords

Survey, adolescents, antidepressants, children, major depression, young people