Table 1.
Description of included studies.
| Author(s), year | Total N | Sample typea | Sample populationb | Length of follow-up (in months) | Anxiety predictor(s) | Suicide-related outcome(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allgulander et al. (1992) | 80,790 Swedish discharged inpatients | Clinical | Adolescent and adult | 168 | Anxiety neurosisc | Death |
| Alonso et al. (2010) | 218 Spanish psychiatric patients | Clinical | Adult | 120 | OCD duration and symptoms | Attempt |
| Angst & Calyton (1998) | 62 deceased Swiss males from general community | General | Adult | 204 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Bakken & Vaglum (2006) | 160 Norwegian patients with substance abuse | Clinical | Adult | 72 | AG, GAD, OCD, PTSD, SOC, SOM, SPEC | Attempt |
| Beautrais (2004) | 302 New Zealand patients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adolescent and adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt, death |
| Berglund (1984) | 1,312 Swedish inpatients with alcohol abuse | Clinical | Adult | 384 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Berglund & Nilsson (1987) (a) | 700 Swedish female inpatients with mood disorder | Clinical | Adult | 324 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Berglund & Nilsson (1987) (b) | 500 Swedish male inpatients with mood disorder | Clinical | Adult | 324 | Anxiety symptoms | Death |
| Blumenthal et al. (1989) | 36 German psychiatric patients | Clinical | Adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Bolton et al. (2010) | 5,972 general community | General | Adult | 36 | Any anxiety diagnosis, GAD, PD, PTSD, SOC, SPEC | Attempt |
| Borg & Ståhl (1982) | 68 Swedish psychiatric patients | General | Adult | 24 | Anxiety symptoms, OCD symptoms | Death |
| Borges et al. (2008) | 5,001 general community | General, History of SITBs | Adolescent and adult | 120 | Any anxiety diagnosis, AG, GAD, PD, PTSD, SOC, SPEC | Ideation, gesture, plan, attempt |
| Brådvik et al. (2010) | 85 Swedish general community | General | Adolescent and adult | 708 | ADJ, ANX-NOS, OCD, PDA, SOC, SOM | Death |
| Breslau et al. (2012) | 1,186 general community | General | Adult | 24 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Britton, et al. (2012) | 381 veteran suicide descendents | History of SITBs | Adult | 1 | Anxiety symptoms | Death |
| Brown et al. (2000) | 6,891 psychiatric outpatients | Clinical | Adult | 288 | Anxiety symptoms, PD | Death |
| Bryan et al. (2014) | 176 veteran outpatients | History of SITBs | Adult | 14 | PTSD symptoms | Attempt |
| Cedereke & Öjehagen (2015) | 178 Swedish psychiatric patients | Clinical | Adult | 11 | ADJ | Attempt |
| Chan et al. (2014) | 66 inpatients with depression | Clinical | Adult | 12 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Clarke et al. (2010) | 1,292 general community | General | Adult | 276 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Ideation |
| Conner et al. (2012) | 309,861 United States Air Force members | General | Adult | 72 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Cougle et al. (2009) | 2,551 females in general community | General | Adult | 12 | PTSD | Ideation |
| Courtet et al. (2003) | 76 West European patients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 12 | AG, GAD, PD, SOC | Attempt |
| Cullberg et al. (1988) | 163 Swedish general community with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 120 | ADJd | Death |
| Darke et al. (2005) | 495 Australian patients with substance use disorder | Clinical | Adult | 12 | PTSD | Attempt |
| Dennehy et al. (2011) | 4,360 patients with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adult | 16 | Any anxiety diagnosis, PD | Attempt, death |
| Desai et al. (2005) | 121,933 Dept. of Veterans Affairs psychiatric patients | Clinical | Adult | 48 | PTSD | Death |
| Fawcett et al. (1990) | 954 inpatients with mood disorder | Clinical | Adult | 120 | Anxiety symptoms, OCD symptoms | Attempt |
| Flensborg-Madsen et al. (2009) | 18,146 general Danish community | General | Adult | 312 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Fridell et al. (1996) | 42 Swedish inpatients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis, ADJ | Attempt |
| Gallagher et al. (2014) | 144 inpatients | Clinical | Adolescent | 18 | Social anxiety symptoms | Ideation |
| Goldstein et al. (2011) | 413 patients with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adolescent | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis, PD | Attempt |
| Goldston et al. (2009) | 180 inpatients | Clinical | Adolescent | 168 | GAD, PD, SPEC | Attempt |
| Hayashi et al. (2012) | 106 Japanese inpatients with prior self-injury | History of SITBs | Adult | 24 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Holma et al. (2010) | 249 Finnish patients with MDD | Clinical | Adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis, anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Hung et al. (2015) | 102,454 general elderly Chinese community | General | Adult | 60 | Anxiety symptoms | Death |
| Keane et al. (1996) | 134 American Indian high school students | General | Adolescent | 6 | Anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Keilp et al. (2008) | 26 patients with MDD and prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 24 | PTSD | Attempt |
| Kovacs et al. (1993) | 183 inpatients | Clinical | Adolescent | 144 | ADJ | Ideation, attempt |
| Laan et al. (2011) | 129,781 general Dutch community | General | Adolescent and adult | 120 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Leadholm et al. (2013) | 34,671 patients with depression | Clinical | Adult | 204 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Lewinsohn et al. (2001) (a) | 539 Danish females in general community | General | Adolescent | 144 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Lewinsohn et al. (2001) (b) | 402 Danish males in general community | General | Adolescent | 144 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Links et al. (2013) | 180 Canadian patients with BPD | Clinical | Adult | 24 | PTSD | Attempt |
| May et al. (2012) | 49 psychiatric patients with suicide ideation | History of SITBs | Adult | 120 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Monnin et al. (2011) | 273 French psychiatric patients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 24 | PTSD | Attempt |
| Nimeus et al. (2000) | 191 Swedish psychiatric patients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 12 | ADJ | Death |
| Nordström et al. (1996) | 54 Swedish inpatients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 72 | Anxiety symptoms | Death |
| Preuss et al. (2003) | 1,237 general community with alcohol abuse or family member with alcohol abuse | Clinical | Adult | 60 | PD | Attempt |
| Rao et al. (1993) | 281 patients with depression and/or anxiety, or controls | Clinical | Adolescent | 156 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Reinherz et al. (1995) (a) | 193 females in general community | General | Adolescent | 168 | PTSD, SOC, SPEC, anxiety symptoms | Ideation |
| Reinherz et al. (1995) (b) | 185 males in general community | General | Adolescent | 168 | PTSD, SOC, SPEC, anxiety symptoms | Ideation |
| Ribeiro et al. (2012) | 239 psychiatric outpatients with suicidality | History of SITBs | Adult | 1 | PTSD, anxiety symptoms | Ideation, attempt |
| Riihimaki et al. (2013) | 134 Finnish patients with mood disorder | Clinical | Adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis, GAD, PD, SOC, SOM, anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Sanchez-Gistau et al. (2013) | 82 Spanish patients with first-episode psychosis | Clinical | Adolescent | 24 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Sani et al. (2011) | 4,441 Italian psychiatric patients | Clinical | Adult | 420 | GAD, OCD, PD | Death |
| Schneider et al. (2001) | 278 German patients with MDD | Clinical | Adult | 60 | Any anxiety diagnosis, PD, anxiety symptoms | Death |
| Sokero et al. (2005) | 198 Finnish patients with MDD | Clinical | Adult | 18 | Any anxiety diagnosis AG, GAD, OCD, PD, PTSD, SOC, SPEC, anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Tidemalm et al. (2014) (a) | 3,678 Swedish females with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adult | 84 | Any anxiety disorder | Attempt |
| Tidemalm et al. (2014) (b) | 2,408 Swedish males with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adult | 84 | Any anxiety disorder | Attempt |
| Tejedor et al. (1999) | 150 Spanish patients with prior attempt | History of SITBs | Adult | 120 | Any anxiety diagnosis, ADJ, anxiety symptoms | Attempt, death |
| Tuiksu et al. (2014) | 137 Finnish patients with mood disorder | Clinical | Adolescent | 84 | Anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Valtonen et al. (2006) | 160 Finnish patients with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adult | 18 | Any anxiety diagnosis, anxiety symptoms | Attempt |
| Valtonen et al. (2008) | 176 Finnish patients with bipolar disorder | Clinical | Adult | 18 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt |
| Wedig et al. (2012) | 231 patients with BPD | Clinical | Adult | 192 | PTSD | Attempt |
| Wenzel et al. (2011) | 297 inpatients with suicidality | History of SITBs | Adult | 360 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Death |
| Wolk, Weissman (1996) | 226 patients with depression and/or anxiety, or controls | General | Adolescent | 204 | Any anxiety diagnosis | Attempt, death |
| Yaseen et al. (2012) | 2,864 patients with past year major depressive episode | Clinical | Adult | 36 | GAD, SOC, SPEC, panic attack | Ideation, attempt |
| Yen et al. (2003) | 578 patients with personality disorder | Clinical | Adult | 24 | PD, PTSD | Attempt |
Note. ADJ=adjustment disorder;AG=agoraphobia; ANX-NOS=anxiety disorder not otherwise specified; GAD=generalized anxiety disorder; OCD=obsessive–compulsive disorder; PD=panic disorder; PDA=panic disorder with agoraphobia; PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder; SOC=social anxiety disorder; SPEC=specific phobia; SOM=somatic symptom disorder.
General=general community; Clinical=outpatient or inpatient sample; History of SITBs=history of suicidal or nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts and/or behaviors.
Refers to age of sample at baseline.
Although no explicit definition was provided by study authors, anxiety neuroses were distinguished from other related disorder categories (e.g., affective disorders, substance use disorders).
Defined by study authors as acute crisis reaction.