A new recommendation has been released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory group that is now recommending all adults be routinely screened for depression as part of their healthcare.

The first part of the recommendation suggests that all adults be screened, but singles out pregnant women and new mothers as a target population. The second part of the recommendation mentions the need to ensure that systems are in place that will allow for the proper diagnosis and treatment of people who are singled out through this screening. The guidelines, which were published in the journal of the American Medical Association, did not specify how often adults should be screened.  READ MORE…

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VLA COMMENT: More screening, more prescription drugs, the more drugs, the more people will fail to get gun permits. This interfaces with a long range strategy to put anyone who has been diagnosed as depressed, bi polar, OCD, ADHD, etc on the “not qualifying for a gun permit” list.