Longitudinal associations among dimensional symptoms of depression and anxiety and first onset suicidal ideation in adolescents.

Results suggest that broad levels of distress across depression and anxiety, deficits in positive affect, and elevated negative affect specific to depression increase the likelihood of suicidal thoughts. As such, attention to broader distress and a lack of pleasure, interest, and motivation-potentially more so than negative affect characterizing depression-are particularly important for addressing suicide risk in adolescents.