Pediatricians recommend all adolescents be screened for suicide risk
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The American Academy of Pediatrics added suicide risk screening to its 2022 schedule for preventative care amid skyrocketing rates of depression in young people.
In the 2018 guidelines, the AAP recommended yearly depression screening for anyone between the ages of 12 and 21, citing reports that about 50% of adolescents with depression are diagnosed before reaching adulthood and as many as two in three depressed teens don’t get any help or care.
The AAP health screening recommended by the AAP urges health providers to assess risk with a set of questions.
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