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We elucidate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a cohort of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>Prospective screening for anxiety or depression was performed in 204 consecutive patients of the outpatient clinic of our tertiary care center using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire and the distress thermometer (DT) as a potential ultra-short screening test. Functional data were assessed at liberty of the responsible physician. HADS scores \u2265 8 were considered doubtful and scores \u2265 11 as confirmed cases of anxiety or depression, respectively. HADS results were compared with a historical group of 100 patients with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) as well as German reference values from the literature.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Patients from the ACHD cohort were 28 \u00b1 10 years old (mean \u00b1 SD<\/jats:italic>, 54% male), 34% had a simple, 51% a moderate, including 52 patients with transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation, and 15% a heart defect of severe complexity. Prevalence of depression in ACHD was comparable to the German normal population (5.9% ACHD vs. 5.4% control). In contrast, prevalence of anxiety was higher than expected from reference values (12.7% ACHD vs. 5.6% control). There was a positive association between psychological distress and NYHA class [anxiety: OR 2.67 (95% CI, 1.50\u20134.76) p<\/jats:italic> = 0.001; depression: OR 2.93 (95% CI, 1.60\u20135.35) p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0005], but not with age, gender, or heart defect severity. Percentages of patients with ACHD with anxiety were significantly higher than in a cohort of patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) but comparable to those with aggressive NHL (HADS-A \u2265 11: ACHD 12.7%, indolent NHL 2.2%, aggressive NHL 13.2%; p<\/jats:italic> = 0.037 ACHD vs. indolent NHL; p<\/jats:italic> = 0.929 ACHD vs. aggressive NHL). The distress thermometer screening test had only a fair discriminatory ability (AUC 0.708; p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002) and is therefore of limited usability.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusion<\/jats:title>Adults with congenital heart disease exhibit an increased risk for anxiety disorders independently of the severity of the underlying heart defect. 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