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Despite concerns about side effects of antidepressant medication and recommendations to use talking therapies (psychotherapies) first line to treat childhood depression, this systematic review and meta-analysis found that the effect sizes for psychotherapies in children (g=0.35) were less than those of adolescents (g=0.55), young adults (0.98) and middle-aged adults (g=0.77), suggesting that clinicians need to balance the likelihood of clinical effects with that of adverse effects.

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