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Child Psychiatry and Human Development Jun 2024The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5) is a self- and parent-report scale specifically developed to assess symptoms of major anxiety disorders (part 1 or YAM-5-I)... (Review)
Review
The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5) is a self- and parent-report scale specifically developed to assess symptoms of major anxiety disorders (part 1 or YAM-5-I) and specific phobias/agoraphobia (part 2 or YAM-5-II) in children and adolescents in terms of the contemporary psychiatric classification system. Since its introduction, the measure has been increasingly used in research, making it feasible to provide a summary of its psychometric properties. The present article presents a systematic review of 20 studies that employed the YAM-5, involving 5325 young participants. Overall, the results supported the hypothesized factor structure of both parts of the measure, although there were also some studies that could not fully replicate the original five-factor model of YAM-5-I. The internal consistency of the YAM-5 was generally high for the total scores of both parts, while reliability coefficients for the subscales were more variable across studies. Research also obtained evidence for other psychometric properties, such as test-retest reliability, parent-child agreement, convergent/divergent validity, and discriminant validity. Results further revealed that girls tend to show significantly higher anxiety levels on the YAM-5 than boys. Overall, these findings indicate that the YAM-5 is a promising tool for assessing symptoms of anxiety disorders including specific phobias in young people. Some directions for future research with the YAM-5 and recommendations regarding the use of the measure are given.
PubMed: 38839642
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01712-3 -
Risk factors for suicidality in patients with panic disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Oct 2019Subjects with panic disorder are nearly 4 times as likely to attempt suicide as compared to subjects without this condition. (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis
BACKGROUND
Subjects with panic disorder are nearly 4 times as likely to attempt suicide as compared to subjects without this condition.
METHODS
We searched the literature from Jan 1, 1960 to May, 4, 2019. Articles that reported a dichotomous sample of patients with panic disorder with and without suicidal behavior were included.
OUTCOMES
Twelve studies with 1958 participants were included. Comorbid depression (k = 3, ES = 4.47 [2.63; 7.60]), depressive symptoms (k = 2, ES = 1.98 [1.26; 3.11]), older age (k = 3, ES = 1.66 [1.32; 2.10]), younger age of panic disorder onset (k = 2, ES = 0.65 [0.45; 0.94]), and history of alcohol dependence (k = 2, ES = 8.70 [1.20; 63.04]) were associated with suicide attempt in panic disorder. Depressive symptoms (k = 2, ES = 2.29 (1.60; 3.37]), anxiety symptoms (k = 2, ES = 1.90 [1.33; 2.69]), longer illness duration (k = 2, ES = 3.31 [1.90; 5.74]), comorbid depressive disorder (k = 4, ES = 3.88 [2.03; 7.41]), agoraphobia (k = 2, ES = 4.60 [1.47; 14.42]) and younger age of onset (k = 2, ES = 0.60 [0.38; 0.96]) were associated with suicidal ideation in panic disorder.
INTERPRETATION
Our findings provide a framework for the development of suicide prevention strategies in this population.
Topics: Comorbidity; Humans; Panic Disorder; Risk Factors; Suicide, Attempted
PubMed: 31376408
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.022