US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says


              FILE - In this photo made with a long exposure, a man is silhouetted against lights reflected in the waters off Cape Neddick in Maine on Dec. 11, 2017. U.S. doctors should regularly screen all adults under 65 for anxiety, an influential health guidelines group proposed Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
            
              This 2020 selfie photo shows Megan Whalen of Hoboken, N.J. Whalen, 31, a book-publishing marketing specialist who has clinical anxiety, says regular doctors should screen for mental health issues as commonly as for physical illness. "Health is health. Whether the problem is visible or not," she says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has new draft guidance recommending routine anxiety screening in primary care. (Megan Whalen via AP)
            
              FILE - In this June 1, 2020 file photo, a woman looks through a window at a near-empty terminal at an airport in Atlanta. An influential health guidelines group says U.S. doctors should regularly screen adults for anxiety. It’s the first time the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended anxiety screening in primary care for adults without symptoms. The report released Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 is open for public comment until Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says