{"id":1441470,"date":"2022-04-16T10:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441470"},"modified":"2022-04-16T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:29:48","slug":"experts-recommend-anxiety-screening-for-young-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-recommend-anxiety-screening-for-young-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Recommend Anxiety Screening For Young Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-recommend-anxiety-screening-for-young-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/1D869A78-5BC7-40C0-832F-E6EAD00C0644_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Recent data proves what many people have suspected: Rates of anxiety and depression in children and teens rose during the pandemic. This has prompted first-time guidance calling for anxiety screening in children as young as eight years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The new <\/span>guidance comes from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org\/uspstf\/about-uspstf\/current-members\"><span class=\"s2\">group<\/span><\/a> of volunteer experts from various health fields, and is the same group that makes recommendations for things such as cancer and diabetes screenings. The guidance suggests that all kids, eight years old and up, get screened for anxiety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group initially released a similar recommendation for older kids in 2016, but they\u2019ve now expanded on that previous guidance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">They also said that kids between the ages of 12 and 18 should be screened for major depressive disorder, but they have issued that guidance in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pediatric psychiatrist Dr. Mitali Wadekar of Dignity Health Northridge Hospital in California spoke to The Daily Wire about this trend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Wadekar said, <span class=\"s3\">\u201c<\/span>anxiety in children, as young as eight years old can manifest in very different ways. The common symptoms are things like\u2026feeling anxious, nervous, having difficulty sleeping at night, poor appetite, refusal to attend school, refusal to participate in social activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s4\">She added, \u201cbut it can also manifest, <\/span>in addition to these emotional symptoms, that can also manifest<span class=\"s4\"> with physical symptoms, including headaches, stomach aches, feeling excessively tired, nausea, vomiting, et cetera.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The task force<\/span> put out a draft evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org\/uspstf\/document\/draft-evidence-review\/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents\"><span class=\"s2\">review<\/span><\/a>, which is currently open to public comments, however, there are already some critics of the new guidance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Task force member Martha Kubik, a professor of Nursing at George Mason University, said, \u201cCertainly, we all share the same concern about wanting to minimize this risk for young people and to intervene effectively so that we can prevent these consequences.\u201d She warned, however, that screening children who are not obviously troubled could lead to stigma and needless anxiety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/\/Users\/charlottepence-bond\/Downloads\/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents-draft-er%20(1).pdf\"><span class=\"s5\">guidance<\/span><\/a> pointed to data from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project that showed first episodes of anxiety were more common in childhood than teenage years. It also reported that an anxiety disorder appearing in childhood or these teen years made it more likely that a future anxiety disorder would exist. Additionally, it said that females are more at risk for anxiety disorders.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">There are many different factors that can lead to these disorders in kids, but according to the guidance, \u201csome studies and reviews have reported links between the development of anxiety disorders and parenting characteristics such as overprotection\u2026 and interparental conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span>here are open debates about the over-diagnosis of childhood disorders, specifically ADHD, but there seems to be solid evidence that children are more anxious in recent years. Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7392374\/\"><span class=\"s2\">studies<\/span><\/a> discussing social media use are especially compelling.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Wadekar said she has seen an increase in anxiety, noting\u00a0how \u201cthere\u2019s a lot of demand on [children] socially, academically, and now with the added stress of the pandemic over the\u2026past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cIt has been incredibly difficult for these children\u2026as far as how to socialize, why they cannot interact with their friends, why are they having to isolate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s having a huge impact on their anxiety levels and on their relationships,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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