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Mehmet Emin Demirkol1, Lut Tamam1, Zeynep Namli1
1Department of Psychiatry, Çukurova University Medical School.
Abstract:
Although generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is associated with suicide, not all dimensions of this relationship have been addressed. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychache and anxiety sensitivity with suicidality in patients with GAD. We included 80 patients with GAD (17 of whom had previous suicide attempts). The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSIS), Psychache Scale (PS), and Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI) were applied to the participants. The patients with previous suicide attempts had significantly higher scores on ASI total, ASI-physical and cognitive subdimensions, HAM-A total and psychic subscale, PS, and BSIS than those without ( p < 0.05 for each). Mediation analyses revealed that psychache was a full mediator in the relationship between ASI-cognitive subdimension and suicidal ideation. Therapeutic interventions for anxiety sensitivity and psychache in patients with GAD will help reduce the risk of suicide.
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