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| ==Overview==
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| There is no established system for classification of suicidal ideation.
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| ==Classification of suicidal ideation==
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| ! align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" + |Definition
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| |'''Suicidal events'''
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| Completed suicide
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| |A self-injurious behavior that resulted in fatality and
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| was associated with at least some intent to die as a
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| result of the act.
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| example:1) After a long argument with his girlfriend, which resulted in the
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| end of their relationship, the patient collected a rope and rode his
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| bike to an isolated area where he fatally hanged himself. A suicide
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| note was later found. 2) After four documented attempts at suicide,
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| the patient stole his uncle’s gun and shot himself and was fatally injured
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| |[[Suicide attempt]]
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| |A potentially self-injurious behavior, associated with
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| at least some intent to die, as a result of the act.
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| Evidence that the individual intended to kill him/
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| herself, at least to some degree, can be explicit or
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| inferred from the behavior or circumstance. A suicide
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| attempt may or may not result in actual injury
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| |'''Example''':fter a fight with her friends at school, in which they discontinued
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| speaking with her, the patient ingested approximately 16 aspirin
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| and eight other pills of different types on the school
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| grounds. She said that she deserved to die, which was why she
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| swallowed the pills. 2) The patient used a razor blade to lacerate
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| his wrists, his antecubital fossae, and his back bilaterally. He told
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| his therapist that the “the main objective was to stop feeling like
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| that,” and he knew that he could die but didn’t care. According to
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| the patient, he also ingested a bottle of rubbing alcohol because
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| in his health class he heard “that the medulla will get more suppressed
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| that way,” thereby increasing y increasing the chances that he would
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| be “successful” and die
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| |[Preparatory acts
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| towards imminent suicidal behavior
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| |The individual takes steps to injure him- or herself,
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| but is stopped by self or others from starting the
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| self-injurious act before the potential for harm has begun
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| her had gone to school and retrieved a recent “bad” report card.
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| He was fearful of his father’s reaction. Upon his return home, a 5-
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| to 6-hour argument with his parents ensued, and he took a vegetable
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| (broad, sharp) knife and went to his room. He reported putting
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| the knife to his wrist but never puncturing the skin. 2) The patient
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| stated that he “couldn’t stand being depressed anymore”
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| and “wanted to die.” He decided to hang himself. He tied a telephone
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| cord to the door knob and placed the cord loosely around
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| his neck. Then, he stopped himself and did not follow through
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| with the attempt.
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| |[[Suicidal ideation]]
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| |Passive thoughts about wanting to be dead or active
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| thoughts about killing oneself, not accompanied
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| by preparatory behavior.a
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| * Active: The patient reported to the doctor that he was thinking
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| about hanging himself in the closet. He was taken to the hospital
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| and admitted.
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| * Passive: The patient reported ideas about wanting
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| to be dead but denied acting on these feelings.
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| {{WH}}
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| {{WS}}
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