Women suffer from anxiety at nearly twice the rate of men — and it can have serious repercussions. A coalition of women's health groups is now recommending that all girls and women be screened for anxiety disorders starting at age 13.
Doctors should start screening all women and girls for anxiety, according a prominent women's health group.Doctors should start screening all women and girls for anxiety, according a prominent women's health group.The guidelines, issued by the Women's Preventive Services Initiative, advise primary care doctors and other health providers to screen all female patients for anxiety disorders beginning at age 13.
"Anxiety lives under the surface and can be very disabling, but it's not easily picked up by clinicians," says Dr. "It really holds women back, and so ... it's a condition that really impairs them over a long trajectory of their lives," Nelson says.chairs the Women's Preventive Services Initiative, a federally funded initiative administered by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Conry says the group is recommending routine screening because patients who struggle with anxiety often don't raise the issue with their doctors.
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