ReviseNOW: Guidance for psychiatrists

Affective disorders

National guidance

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• Safer lithium therapy
  2009
• Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression
  NICE 2009
• The treatment and management of depression in adults with chronic physical health problems (partial update of CG23)
  NICE 2009
• Depression: the treatment and management of depression in adults (update)
  NICE 2009
• Evidence-based Guidelines for Treating Bipolar Disorder
  BAP 2009
• Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants
  BAP 2008
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation for severe depression
  NICE 2007
• The management of bipolar disorder in adults, children and adolescents, in primary and secondary care
  NICE 2006
• Depression and anxiety - computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT)
  NICE 2006
• Depression in children and young people: identification and management in primary, community and secondary care
  NICE 2005
• CR128. The ECT Handbook (Second edition): The Third Report of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Special Committee on ECT
  RCPsych 2004
• The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for depressive illness, schizophrenia, catatonia and mania.
  NICE 2003