Mapping suicidal behaviour within transdiagnostic emotional systems: a network analysis of at-risk adolescents

Introduction

Suicidal behaviour is a major public health concern in adolescence. Traditional risk-factor models have shown limited predictive value, highlighting the need for approaches that better capture how emotional processes co-occur and relate to suicide risk. Transdiagnostic frameworks and network analysis may help clarify the role of core emotional dimensions in adolescent suicidality. This study examined the associations between suicide-related thoughts and behaviours and the transdiagnostic dimensions proposed by Brown and Barlow in adolescents with subthreshold anxiety and depressive symptoms.