Major Depressive Disorder

Abstract

The treatment guideline draws on several international guidelines: (i)Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder, SecondEdition;[1](ii) Clinical Guidelines for the Treatment of DepressiveDisorders by the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the CanadianNetwork for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT);[2](iii)National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines;[3](iv) RoyalAustralian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical PracticeGuidelines Team for Depression (RANZCAP);[4](v) Texas MedicationAlgorithm Project (TMAP) Guidelines;[5](vi) World Federation ofSocieties of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Treatment Guideline forUnipolar Depressive Disorder;[6]and (vii) British Association forPsychopharmacology Guidelines.[7