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.
The recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of disease prevention and medical experts assembled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), come at a time of rising rates of diagnosed mental health disorders among American young people.
¡°Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in children and youth,¡± said task force member Dr. Martha Kubik, a professor at George Mason University¡¯s nursing school.
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