If my child is diagnosed with depression, how will he be treated?

See below:: Treatment may include psychotherapy either alone or in combination with antidepressant medication. Although opinions vary about which depression treatment should be tried first, a growing body of evidence indicates that the best approach for most children is a combination of both.

Combination treating: Treatment usually combines medication and counseling

Child depression: Depending on severity, following evaluation by a child psychiatrist, psychotherapy, both individual and family, group therapy, and medications if deemed necessary.