Comments to the USPSTF on anxiety/depression screening

Comments to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on anxiety/depression screening.

In our efforts to support increased public awareness and access to effective therapy, PsiAN offered a series of comments to the USPSTF on its recommendation to screen all adults for anxiety and depression. We noted the absence of therapies of depth, insight and relationship in the evidence proposed to support screening. We also emphasized that screening instruments have both strengths and challenges in identifying levels of emotional distress associated with anxiety and depression and that screenings can only be effective if there are adequate resources for further intervention and amelioration. Finally, we encouraged our members to submit their own comments to the government.

Follow this link to read PsiAN’s comments.

October 2022