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Suicidality in subjects with anxiety or obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: recent advances

De La Vega, Diego, Giner, Lucas, Courtet, Philippe·2018·Current Psychiatry Reports
DOI 10.1007/s11920-018-0885-z
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Purpose of review Historically, anxiety disorders have not been considered as important determinants of suicide, but in the last years, many works have challenged this assumption. Here, we will review the available evidence on the relationship between suicide and anxiety disorders (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder), with special emphasis on findings published in the last years.Recent findings Overall, anxiety disorders increase the risk of suicide. Specifically, 16% of patients with social anxiety disorder reported suicidal ideation in the previous month, and 18% of them had a history of suicide attempts. Similarly, in patients with panic disorder, suicidal ideation prevalence ranged between 17 and 32%, and 33% of them had a history of suicide attempts. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was the most frequent anxiety disorder in completed suicides (present in 3% of people who committed suicide) and also subthreshold GAD was clearly linked to suicide ideation. Post-traumatic stress disorder was positively associated with suicidal ideation, and in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, suicide ideation rates ranged from 10 to 53% and suicide attempts from 1 to 46%. Body dysmorphic disorders presented a suicide ideation prevalence of about 80%. Suicide risk is increased in subjects with anxiety disorder. This risk is higher in the presence of comorbidities, but it is not clear whether it is independent from such comorbidities in some disorders.

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  • SAD is associated with increased reports of suicidal ideation and attempts when compared to other anxiety disorders.

    “SAD is further associated with increased reports of suicidal ideation (SI) and attempts when compared to other anxiety disorders (Sareen et al., 2005; Cougle et al., 2009; De La Vega et al., 2018).”

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Authors
De La Vega, D., Giner, L., & Courtet, P.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
  • Inserm (FR)
Corresponding author
Giner, Lucas
ORCID
Venue
Current Psychiatry Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-03-28
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
26-26
ISSN
  • 1523-3812 (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-1645
DOI
10.1007/s11920-018-0885-z
OpenAlex
W2794877942
Cited by
60
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5
FWCI
0.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Current Psychiatry Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
suicidality, suicide risk, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, social anxiety disorder, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, comorbidities
MeSH terms
Anxiety Disorders, Humans, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Panic Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorders, Suicidal Ideation

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