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ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A group whose recommendations become the standard medical policy nationwide has issued a recommendation saying all adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety during their lifetime. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation, issued Tuesday, is the final version of the draft recommendation it issued last year. While the newly issued recommendation is not mandatory for doctors, the task force carries enormous weight in the medical community and its recommendations often change the way doctors practice medicine. The recommendation suggests that doctors screen any patient who has never before been screened for anxiety during their next doctors visit. This could be during a primary care appointment, an OB-GYN appointment or another general practitioner. It calls on physicians to use standardized anxiety screenings like existing questionnaires to assess whether patients may have some of the signs and symptoms of anxiety. An

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