Graph description: Figure 1. HADS measures of anxiety and depression and clinically diagnosed anxiety and depression, to investigate criterion validity

This graph has two panels. Each panel shows a scatter diagram. The first scatter diagram has on the horizontal axis anxiety at interview, no or yes, and on the vertical axis has H A D S anxiety scale. labeled 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16. There are two vertical clouds of points. For no, the points go from 0 to 12. For yes, the points go from 7 to 17. There is a horizontal line at about H A D S = 7.5. The secpnd scatter diagram has on the horizontal axis depression at interview, no or yes, and on the vertical axis has H A D S depression scale. labeled 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16. There are two vertical clouds of points. For no, the points go from 0 to 12. For yes, the points go from 3 to 15. There is a horizontal line at about H A D S = 7.5.


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