A government-appointed panel is urging all doctors to routinely screen their teen patients for depression.
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which sets guidelines for doctors on a wide variety of health issues, nearly 2 million teens suffer from depression, but most go undiagnosed.
Because depression leads to lingering sadness, social isolation, school problems and even suicide, screening and early treatment
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In a study which appeared in the November 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers questioned the American Heart Association’s recent suggestion that heart patients be automatically screened for depression.
Dr. Brett Thombs, of McGill and the affiliated Jewish General Hospital, and Dr. Roy Ziegelstein, of Johns Hopkins, said there was not enough evidence to support this “massive, expensive
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