The impact of anxiety disorders on suicide

As outlined on the slide, 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

Reference:

1. Wiebenga JXM, Dickhoff J, Mérelle SYM, et al. Prevalence, course, and determinants of suicide ideation and attempts in patients with a depressive and/or anxiety disorder: a review of NESDA findings. J Affect Disord 2021; 283: 267–277.