Authors call for clinicians to screen older adults
Majority also report that screening for depression, anxiety is very important
Inequalities seen across telemedicine access, including higher use in younger adults, nonmarried persons, college educated
Increase of 0.13 standard deviations seen in overall liability to mental illness assuming published lead-psychopathology links are causal
Stronger effects seen for women from some racial/ethnic minority groups and with lower socioeconomic status
Significantly greater reductions seen in prolonged grief disorder severity after treatment; less depressive and psychopathological symptoms also reported
However, authors caution there is little high-quality evidence
Estimated prevalence rates ranged from 22 percent for one to 14.8 percent for four or more
A considerable number of older adults have lower-than-recommended intake
Authors say findings can inform targeted early prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk youth