Thoughts of death or suicide
Recurrent thoughts about death, dying, or suicide, ranging from passive ideation to active planning. A serious symptom requiring careful, compassionate assessment and appropriate professional support.
Quick answer
Thoughts of death or suicide (ICD-10: R45.8; ICD-11: MB26.A) range from passive ideation to active planning. Associated with depression, bipolar disorder, BPD, and trauma. Active ideation with intent requires immediate assessment. Safety planning, DBT, and crisis intervention have the strongest evidence.
Recognition
Do any of these feel familiar?
Passive thoughts that life is not worth living or wishing to be dead
Active thoughts about ending one's life
Preoccupation with death or dying
Feeling that others would be better off without oneself
Planning or researching methods of self-harm
What is Thoughts of death or suicide?
Recurrent thoughts about death, dying, or suicide, ranging from passive ideation to active planning. A serious symptom requiring careful, compassionate assessment and appropriate professional support.
Approaches Commonly Explored
Commonly explored for conditions related to Thoughts of death or suicide, grouped by mechanism — select your subtype above to highlight the most relevant path.
How to use these approaches
Most people begin with Stabilise approaches, then progress toward Resolve and Sustain.
Cognitive patterns, emotional processing, and stress response.
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