Routine Screening for Anxiety in Medical Care Won’t Improve America’s Mental Health
Screening for anxiety would burden a nearly broken healthcare system and deprive people with serious mental health problems of needed services.
“We can screen lots of people, but if that’s all that happens, it’s a waste of time,” -- Dr. Jeffery Staab, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
A New York Times is among lots of media reporting that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending for the first time that doctors screen a…