title: Patterns of psychiatric morbidity in a genito-urinary clinic. A validation of the Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HAD).
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.
authors.affiliation: West Midlands Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barczak
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Congdon
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Clay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Betts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000523:psychology