Depression in children and young people: identification and management NICE guidelines

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidelines on depression in children and young people in June 2019.1 The guideline covers the identification and management of depression in young people aged 5–18 years. Based on the stepped-care model, it aims to improve recognition and assessment and promote effective treatments for mild and moderate-to-severe depression. This guideline offers updated guidance following and replacing the previous NICE Clinical Guideline 28 published in 2005. The stepped-care model of depression provides a framework to support identification and access to the most effective interventions based on the needs of the child/young person (see table 1). Diagnosis and subsequent step of care are based on ICD-102 (see table 2). View this table: Table 1 The stepped-care model of depression View this table: Table 2 Diagnostic criteria adapted from ICD-10