Clinical guidelines for adolescent depression: An integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine approach

Table 1 Clinical questions

	Clinical questions
1	What is the prevalence of adolescent depressive disorder?
2	What are the risk factors for adolescent depressive disorder?
3	Which diseases should be differentiated from adolescent depressive disorder?
4	What are the TCM syndrome types of adolescent depressive disorder?
5	How should adolescent depressive disorder be screened?
6	What are the treatment objectives and precautions for adolescent depressive disorder?
7	What are the treatments for mild to moderate adolescent depressive disorder, and what are their efficacy and safety profiles?
8	What are the treatments for moderate to severe adolescent depressive disorder, and what are their efficacy and safety profiles?
9	How should the treatment duration for adolescent depressive disorder be defined?
10	What are the preventive measures for adolescent depressive disorder?

TCM: Traditional Chinese medicine.