The New York Times (2/26, Span) reports, “Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder; a 2017 study of older adults in six countries found that more than 17 percent had experienced an anxiety disorder within the past year.” And “recently, attention to anxiety has increased because of a draft recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force” urging greater screening for anxiety among adults. One author of an “editorial on late-life anxiety in JAMA Psychiatry” said, “With a common disorder that causes a lot of impairment of quality of life and that has simple, inexpensive, straightforward kinds of treatment, I think screening is called for.”
Related Links:
— “Why Aren’t Doctors Screening Older Americans for Anxiety? “Paula Span, The New York Times, February 26, 2023