Anxiety Sensitivity and Suicide Risk Among Firefighters: A Test of the Depression-Distress Amplification Model

Firefighters represent an occupational group at increased suicide risk. How suicidality develops among firefighters is poorly understood. The depression-distress amplification model posits that the effects of depression symptoms on suicide risk will be intensified in the context of anxiety sensitivity (AS) cognitive concerns. The current study tested this model among firefighters.

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Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ian H. Stanley, Lia J. Smith, Joseph W. Boffa, Jana K. Tran, N. Brad Schmidt, Thomas E. Joiner, Anka A. Vujanovic Source Type: research