MedPage Today May 8, 2024
— Researchers urge for better screening and intervention
NEW YORK CITY — Almost a quarter of surveyed U.S. adults met criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), though the vast majority of them were undiagnosed, a retrospective cross-sectional study suggested here.
Out of 75,261 respondents to the online 2022 National Health and Wellness Survey, 23.3% screened positive for anxiety using the 7-Item GAD Questionnaire, Daniel Karlin, MD, chief medical officer of MindMed in New York City, reported here at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.
Of those who screened positive, 83.1% had never received a GAD diagnosis. Most (55.1%) of the individuals screening positive had moderate symptoms while 44.9% had severe symptoms.
Last year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended...
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