Illness anxiety (IA) is characterized by worry or fear in response to living with a chronic illness or a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious disease in conjunction with absent to mild somatic symptomatology. Death anxiety (DA) may underpin IA and is more common in individuals with life-threatening illness. Treatments for DA and IA, such as psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs,...
Objective: Psychiatric inpatients represent an acutely vulnerable population with high rates of suicidality (ie, suicidal ideation, attempts, and completed suicide). This systematic review aimed to evaluate treatments for suicidality delivered within inpatient settings. Data Sources: MEDLINE, Embase, APA PsycInfo, CINAHL, and The Cochrane Library were systematically searched using 3 concepts:...