Aims: This guidance offers best practice guidance on the treatment and management of depression in adults.
Recommendations: This guideline makes recommendations on the identification, treatment and management of depression in adults aged 18 years and older, in primary and secondary care. It covers people whose depression occurs as the primary diagnosis; relevant NICE guidelines should be consulted for depression occurring in the context of other disorders (see section 6). It replaces and partially updates NICE clinical guideline 23 (published December 2004, revised April 2007). Appendix D has a list of recommendations for which the evidence has not been updated since the original guideline.
Intended audience: This guideline is relevant to people aged 18 and over with depression, their families and carers and all healthcare professionals involved in their help, treatment and care.
Methodology and development: See Section 2 of the guideline: 'Notes on the scope of the guidance', also Appendices A and B.
Implications for practice: See 'Key priorities for implementation'. NICE has also developed tools to help organisations implement this guidance (see www.nice.org.uk/CG90).
Publication history information: Published 28 October 2009. NICE Clinical Guideline 90, which will be updated as required. This guideline replaces and partially updates NICE Clinical Guideline 23 (2004; amended 2007).
Access: Available to the general public.
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2009
- Publication Type: Care Guideline
- Publisher: NICE
- Next Review Date: 28 Oct 2012
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