Pediatricians should screen children as young as 8 for anxiety and kids 12 and older for depression during routine well checks, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Tuesday.

Anxiety screening for children should begin as early as age 8, task force advises. Flagging children who may be experiencing mental health problems can help get them early help.

Anxiety screening may happen at your child’s next doctor visit. Here’s why. An influential task force has recommended that people ages 8 to 18 be screened for anxiety.

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recently recommended depression screenings for kids 12 to 18 and anxiety screenings for kids 8 to 18. Dr. Dana Gadaire, a pediatric psychologist at ...

Early anxiety screening in schools helps identify at-risk children, providing timely support and intervention for better mental health outcomes. About Careers Internship MedBlog Contact us English ...

The recommendations follow findings from the 2018-19 National Survey of Children’s Health, which found that 7.8% of children and adolescents aged 3-17 had a current anxiety disorder — numbers ...

There’s new advice from a group of doctors and leading experts recommending children as early as 8 years old to have their mental health routinely screened — even if they don’t show any… ...

A brief, computerized mental health screening for children going into surgery showed that more than half were experiencing preoperative anxiety, according to findings presented at Anesthesiology ...

Mental health screening tools for kids are 30-year-old paper-and-pen questionnaires. They need to be modernized for kids of today.

An influential panel of U.S. experts recommended for the first time on Tuesday that primary care doctors screen all children ages 8 to 18 for anxiety, even if there are no symptoms.

In September, the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force (USPSTF) issued draft guidelines recommending screening all adults aged 19 to 64 for anxiety disorders. Guidelines recommending anxiety ...