The impact of anxiety disorders on suicide

Suicidal ideation is much more prevalent than suicide attempts among people with anxiety and/or depressive disorders.¹ The most consistent determinants of suicidal ideation as well as suicide attempts were a diagnosis of comorbid depressive and anxiety disorder (compared with an anxiety disorder alone), and higher severity of depression.¹

MDD=major depressive disorder; NESDA=Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety