Is Anxiety in Late Life an Uncharted Territory?-Questioning the USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement for Anxiety Screening in Older Adults

JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 1;80(3):197-198. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4609.

Authors

Carmen Andreescu¹, Eric Lenze², Helen Lavretsky³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the updated US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for anxiety screening in adults.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety*
Humans
Mass Screening*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Assessment

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