title: The Influence of Anxiety Sensitivity on a Wish to Die in Complicated Grief.
abstract: Individuals with complicated grief are at elevated risk of suicidal thoughts. Anxiety sensitivity has recently emerged as a risk factor of suicide. This study aimed to investigate a possible association between anxiety sensitivity and a wish to die in individuals with complicated grief. Participants were evaluated for participation in a treatment study and completed an ancillary questionnaire-based study. Participants were 51 bereaved adults evaluated (age: mean, 54 [SD, 13.6] years; 78% [n = 40] women). Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and a wish to die. Overall, anxiety sensitivity was associated with a wish to die at the level of a medium effect size, although it did not reach statistical significance. The anxiety sensitivity social concerns subscale was significantly associated with a wish to die. These findings add to a growing literature implicating anxiety sensitivity in reporting a wish to die.
authors.affiliation: *Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and †School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Amanda W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Goetter
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Riva
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Meredith E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Charney
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: M Katherine
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Shear
authors.forename: Naomi M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014836:Volition