title: Suicidal behavior in patients with current or past panic disorder: five years of prospective data from the Harvard/Brown Anxiety Research Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors' goals were to examine predictors of suicidal behavior and provide guidelines for assessing suicide risk in patients with panic disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred ninety-eight patients with panic disorder were followed for 5 years. Survival analysis was used to examine variables correlated with prospectively observed suicidal behavior.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects had a 0.06 probability of suicidal behavior during follow-up. Affective disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, personality disorders, and being female were risk factors. Two subjects were suicidal in the absence of risk factors; both developed depression during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Panic disorder is not associated with suicidal behavior in the absence of other risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, MA, USA. shaw@maveric.org
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Warshaw
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016019:Survival Analysis