Clinical Review EducationJAMA US Preventive Services Task Force RECOMMENDATION STATEMENTScreening for Anxiety Disorders in AdultsUS Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation StatementUS Preventive Services Task Force田EditorialIMPORTANCE Anxietydisorders are commonly occurring mental health conditions.They areMultimediaoften unrecognized in primary care settings and substantial delays in treatment initiation occur.Related article and JAMAOBJECTIVE The US Preventive Services Task Force(USPSTF)commissioned a systematicPatient Pagereview to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening for anxiety disorders inasymptomatic adults.Supplemental contentPOPULATION Asymptomatic adults 19 yearsorolder,including pregnant and postpartumCME at jamacmelookup.compersons.Older adults are defined as those 65 years or older.EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that screening foranxiety disorders in adults.incuding pregnant and postpartum persons.has a moderate netbenefit.The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficientonscreening for anxietydisorders in older adults.RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends screening for anxiety disorders in adults,Author/Group Information:Theincluding pregnant and postpartum persons.(Brecommendation)The USPSTF concudesUS Preventive Services Task Forcethat the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of(USPSTF)members are listed at thescreening for anxiety disorders in older adults.(I statement)end of this artideCorresponding Author:Michael J.Barry,MD,Informed MedicalAMA.dot:10.100/jama.2023.930lDecisionsProgram,MassachusettsPublished online June 20,2023.General Hospital,50 Staniford St.Boston,MA 02114(chair @uspstf.net).Summary of RecommendationsPopulationRecommendationGradeAdults 64 years or younger,The USPSTF recommends screening for anxietydisordersincluding pregnant andin adults,including pregnant and postpartum persons.postpartum personsOlder adults(65 years or older)The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficientto assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening foranxiety disorders in older adults.USPSTF indicates US PreventiveServices Task Force.See the Summary of Recommendations figure.evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient orPreamblesituation.Similarly,the USPSTF notes that policy and coverage deci-sions involve considerations in addition to the evidence of clinicalThe US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)makes recommen-benefits and harms.dations about the effectiveness of specific preventive care servicesThe USPSTF is committed to mitigating the health inequitiesfor patients without obvious related signs or symptoms to improvethat prevent many people from fully benefiting from preventiveser-the health of people nationwide.vices.Systemic or structural racism results in policies and practicesIt bases its recommendationson theevidence ofboth the benefitsincluding health care delivery,that can lead to in
