Suicidal ideation has a specific clinical definition

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Suicidal ideation is a clinically defined term evaluated using established psychiatric criteria and standardized psychometric instruments.

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The retrieved literature consistently discusses suicidal ideation as a distinct, clinically defined category within mental health taxonomies, diagnostic manuals, and psychometric screening tools.

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Assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults: A systematic review of measure psychometric properties and implications for clinical and research utility.

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Pollak OH, Sheehan AE, Walsh RFL, Stephenson AR, Zell H, Mayes J, Lawrence HR, Bettis AH, Liu RT. Assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults: A systematic review of measure psychometric properties and implications for clinical and research utility.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102464

This study discusses the availability and implementation of reliable and valid measures of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) that conform to empirically supported definitions.

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Between Help and Harm: An Evaluation Study of Mental Health Crisis Handling by Large Language Models.

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Arnaiz-Rodriguez A, Baidal M, Derner E, Annable JL, Ball M, Ince M, Perez Vallejos E, Oliver N. Between Help and Harm: An Evaluation Study of Mental Health Crisis Handling by Large Language Models.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.2196/88435

This paper introduces a unified taxonomy of clinically informed mental health crisis categories, including suicidal ideation, grounded in clinical best practices.

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first checked02 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 8102 Aug 2026

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