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Predictors of suicidal ideation severity among treatment-seeking young people with major depressive disorder: The role of state and trait anxiety.

Carl I MollerPaul B BadcockSarah Elisabeth HetrickSimon RiceMichael BerkKatrina WittAndrew M ChanenOlivia M DeanCaroline X GaoSue M CottonChristopher G Davey
Published in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2023)
Both state and trait anxiety are important longitudinal correlates of suicidal ideation in depressed young people receiving cognitive behavioural therapy, independent of depression severity. Reducing acute psychological distress, through reducing depression and anxiety symptom severity, is important, but interventions aimed at treating trait anxiety could also potentially be an effective intervention approach for suicidal ideation in young people with depression.
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