Findings provide further evidence of a link between social anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth but are limited by the small number of studies of mixed quality.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Disentangling depression and anxiety in relation to neuroticism, extraversion, suicide, and self‐harm among adult psychiatric inpatients with serious mental illness (2015) · doi

  OBJECTIVES: Little is known about depression-anxiety comorbidity and its association with personality traits and suicide/self-harm in adult psychiatric inpatients with serious mental illness (SMI), impacting clinical assessment and treatment.

  Keywords: objectives little known depression anxiety comorbidity association personality traits suicide self harm adult psychiatric inpatients
• Predicting six month follow‐up of suicidal thoughts and attempts among youth with anxiety presenting to an emergency department (2026) · doi

  Abstract Background Previous research has established an association between anxiety disorders and suicidal thoughts and attempts; however, much remains unknown about the role of specific anxiety symptoms, anxiety severity, and the impact of co‐occurring depression and hopelessness.

  Keywords: anxiety abstract background previous established association disorders suicidal thoughts attempts remains unknown role specific symptoms
• Stressful life events and adolescent suicidality: An investigation of the mediating mechanisms (2020) · doi

  INTRODUCTION: While a number of studies have found an association between stressful life events and adolescent suicidality, underlying mechanisms linking the two continue to be inadequately understood.

  Keywords: introduction number found association stressful life events adolescent suicidality underlying mechanisms linking continue inadequately understood
• Perceived Discrimination and Suicide Ideation: Moderating Roles of Anxiety Symptoms and Ethnic Identity among Asian American, African American, and Hispanic Emerging Adults (2018) · doi

  This study sought to address this gap in the literature by examining the simultaneous relationship between perceived discrimination and anxiety symptoms as predictors of suicide ideation.

  Keywords: sought address literature examining simultaneous relationship perceived discrimination anxiety symptoms predictors suicide ideation
• Social Anxiety and Suicidality in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2022) · doi

  Findings provide further evidence of a link between social anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth but are limited by the small number of studies of mixed quality.

  Keywords: provide further evidence link social anxiety suicidal thoughts behaviors youth limited small number mixed quality