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Patterns of Psychiatric Morbidity in a Genito-urinary Clinic

A Validation of the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HAD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Barczak ,
N. Kane ,
S. Andrews ,
A. M. Congdon ,
J. C. Clay  and
T. Betts
P. Barczak*
Affiliation:
West Midlands Centre for Forensic Psychiatry, Peter Hodgkinson Centre
T. Betts
Affiliation:
West Midlands Centre for Forensic Psychiatry
*
∗Peter Hodgkinson Centre, County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY
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Abstract

The prevalence of psychiatric disorder (by DSM–III criteria) in a population attending a genito-urinary clinic was found to be 31%. The performance of the Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD) scale as a screening questionnaire for psychiatric disorder was assessed. Case definition by a score of 8 or more on either of the anxiety or depressive subscales produced optimal results, giving sensitivities of 82% and 70%, and specificities of 94% and 68%, for depressive and anxiety disorders respectively.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 698 - 700
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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