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Using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to Screen for Psychiatric Disorders in People Presenting with Deliberate Self-harm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. Hamer ,
D. Sanjeev ,
E. Butterworth  and
P. Barczak
D. Hamer
Affiliation:
Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY
D. Sanjeev
Affiliation:
Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY
E. Butterworth
Affiliation:
Deliberate Self Harm Team, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY
P. Barczak*
Affiliation:
Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In-patients referred to a deliberate self-harm team were asked to complete the HAD questionnaire and diagnoses were made using the SCID. The total prevalence of psychiatric disorder by DSM–III criteria was 54%. The HAD performed well as a screening instrument; a threshold score of eight gave a sensitivity of 88% and a positive predictive value of 80%; its use by non-psychiatrists to detect depressive disorder in patients presenting with deliberate self-harm is to be recommended.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 6 , June 1991 , pp. 782 - 784
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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