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81 Suicidal ideation may be assigned as a principal diagnosis if the clinician has confirmed that there is no underlying mental disorder.
Hospitalization is often recommended in cases where multiple suicide attempts have been made. Your friend or loved one may not be receptive to the idea of being hospitalized.
When risk appears severe and imminent, a medical emergency requires immediate containment and intensive medical treatment, usually in a psychiatric hospital setting with close observation. Take direct, appropriate action by calling 911 or local crisis response team for emergency services.
Suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts, means having thoughts, ideas, or ruminations about the possibility of ending one's own life. It is not a diagnosis but is a symptom of some mental disorders and can also occur in response to adverse events without the presence of a mental disorder.
Some people only stay a day or two. Others may stay for 2–3 weeks or longer. People who haven't been in a psychiatric ward before sometimes worry they may never be able to leave. That never happens these days.
Some hospitals have found that contracting with a crisis center, such as a National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call Center, to make follow-up calls has been very effective in supporting the patient, re-assessing suicide risk, and maintaining a personal connection until the patient can be seen in outpatient care.
Simple phrases such as “that must have been difficult” and “sounds like you've been having a tough time” validate what the patient is feeling and give you something helpful to say if you're feeling awkward or uncomfortable.
Suicide is the act of intentionally taking your own life. Suicidal feelings can mean having abstract thoughts about ending your life or feeling that people would be better off without you. Or it can mean thinking about methods of suicide or making clear plans to take your own life.
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts, images, impulses, or urges that can occur spontaneously or that can be cued by external/internal stimuli. Typically, these thoughts are distressing (hence “intrusive”) and tend to reoccur.
Suicidal ideation is any self-reported thoughts of engaging in suicide-related behavior. Subtypes of suicide-related ideations depend on the presence or absence of suicidal intent. To have suicidal intent is to have suicide or deliberate self-killing as one's purpose.
Suicide behavior disorder (SBD) was introduced in DSM-5 as a disorder for further consideration and potential acceptance into the diagnostic system. There are numerous positive developments that would arise from the addition of a suicide-related diagnosis.
The five-step assessment includes identification of risk and protective factors; conducting an inquiry about suicidality; determining level of risk and selecting an appropriate intervention; and documenting the process, including a follow-up plan.
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. Clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or more.