Citation

Schmidt NB, Woolaway-Bickel K, Bates M. Behav. Res. Ther. 2001; 39(6): 635-649.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/s0005-7967(00)00034-6

PMID

11400709

Abstract

Work during the past decade has suggested an association between panic disorder and suicide (i.e., suicidal ideation and suicide attempts) that cannot simply be accounted for by co-occurring depression symptoms. To clarify the linkage between panic disorder and suicide, the association between panic-specific clinical and cognitive variables and suicide indicators were evaluated in patients with panic disorder (N=146). Analyses predicting the presence of suicidal ideation (positive, negative) after covarying the effects of a current mood disorder diagnosis and depression symptoms indicated a number of significant predictors including: (1) overall anxiety symptoms; (2) level of anticipatory anxiety; (3) avoidance of bodily sensations; (4) attentional vigilance toward bodily perturbations; and (5) phrenophobia (i.e., fear of cognitive incapacitation). Anxiety-specific variables did not account for unique variance in predicting prior history of suicide attempts.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Cognition Disorders; Comorbidity; Depression; Female; Forecasting; Humans; Male; Panic Disorder; Psychological Tests; Severity of Illness Index; Suicide, Attempted