Panic attacks and suicide attempts in mid-adolescence.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of panic attacks
and suicide attempts in a community-based sample of 13-14-year-old adolescents. METHOD:
The data are from a survey of 1,580 students in an urban public school system located
in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Logistic regression methods were
used to estimate associations between panic attacks and suicidal ideation and suicide
attempts. RESULTS: Controlling for demographic factors, major depression, the use
of alcohol, and the use of illicit drugs, the authors found that adolescents with
panic attacks were three times more likely to have expressed suicidal ideation and
approximately two times more likely to have made suicide attempts than were adolescents
without panic attacks. CONCLUSIONS: This new epidemiologic research adds to the evidence
of an association between panic attacks and suicide attempts during the middle years
of adolescence.
Type
Journal articleSubject
HumansPrevalence
Logistic Models
Odds Ratio
Chi-Square Distribution
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted
Panic Disorder
Depressive Disorder
Age Factors
Comorbidity
Sex Factors
Students
Adolescent
African Americans
Ethnic Groups
Mid-Atlantic Region
Female
Male
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20024Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1176/ajp.156.10.1545Publication Info
Pilowsky, DJ; Wu, LT; & Anthony, JC (1999). Panic attacks and suicide attempts in mid-adolescence. The American journal of psychiatry, 156(10). pp. 1545-1549. 10.1176/ajp.156.10.1545. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20024.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Li-Tzy Wu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Education/Training: Pre- and post-doctoral training in mental health service research,
psychiatric epidemiology (NIMH T32), and addiction epidemiology (NIDA T32) from Johns
Hopkins University School of Public Health (Maryland); Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute
on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials.Director: Duke Community Based
Substance Use Disorder Research Program.Research interests: COVID-19, Opioid misuse,
Opioid overdose, Opioid use disorder

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