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Recent research into the treatment of depression in children and adolescent s has been focused on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy an d selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. There is now increasing evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy and emerging eviden ce for a place for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of depression in this age group, Curr Opin Psychiatry 12:77-80. (C) 1999 L ippincott Williams & Wilkins.