The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendation on the screening of depression in the general adult population aged 18 years and older, endorsing its previous call for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Annual depression screening was cost effective and yielded the most depression-free days gained. Screening is ...

Depression and anxiety have been well documented in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but often are undiagnosed or untreated. A machine learning model may help by analyzing routinely collected ...

Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don't get the care that could help them. "It's a huge problem," says ...

A nonprofit group hopes to shine light on the importance of mental health with the National Mental Health Screening Day. “What we want to do is get people to identify this illness early on when it’s ...

In a new guideline, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) “strongly” recommended against screening all adults with a standardized tool for depression, stating instead that ...

Depression often goes undiagnosed in long-term care settings, but implementing nurse-led screening protocols can help older adults receive a diagnosis and access treatment, according to study results ...

Held annually during Mental Illness Awareness Week in October, National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) is comprised of awareness events that include an optional screening component. National ...

A nurse-led depression screening protocol using CSDD-4 increased diagnosis and referral rates at a non-profit long-term care facility. Depression often goes undiagnosed in long-term care settings, but ...