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The articles we select for Evidence-Based Mental Health must pass two stages: first they must pass our basic validity criteria and then the editors assess each article for clinical relevance. A number of articles meet the inclusion criteria but are not abstracted due to lack of space. We will highlight the most interesting of these here and list the rest.

There is a broad consensus that children and adolescents can, and do, become depressed. However that consensus falls apart when it comes to treatment. Antidepressants are considered dangerous by some and essential by others. To add to that, selective publication of drug company data has undermined confidence in the available evidence—even the authors of clinical guidelines seem confused. Which is why the TADS (Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study) findings are so important (see Evid Based Ment Health 2007;10:100–2): here they report on outcomes for fluoxetine, CBT or . . . [Full text of this article]