- Title
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Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
- Description
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The purpose of the review is to examine the efficacy and comparative effectiveness of both benefits and harms of commonly used types of nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments of child and adolescent depressive disorders.
- Attribution
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N/A
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Authors of Report
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N/A
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Methodology description
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We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and moderators of benefits and harms of available nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments for children and adolescent a confirmed diagnosis of a depressive disorder (DD)—major depressive disorder (MDD), persistent depressive disorder (PDD, previously termed dysthymia) or DD not otherwise specified (DD NOS). We searched five databases and other sources for evidence available from inception to May 29, 2019, dually screened the results, and analyzed eligible studies.
- PROSPERO
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CRD42018112150
- DOI
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https://doi.org/10.23970/AHRQEPCCER224
- Notes
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Data for this project were entered retrospectively by uploading data from Word. Titles of each evidence table are listed in the Appendix.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32298061/
- Funding Source
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AHRQ