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ideation

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌaɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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A new survey from the Trevor Project found that between 2023 and 2025, LGBTQ+ youth reported an increase in anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

A 2009 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that among immigrants who came from Mexico to the U.S. as teenagers, just 2.3% reported suicidal ideation, compared with 8.9% of their American-born peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Men are so frequently cited as being “in crisis”—wouldn’t we all benefit if men were more comfortable talking publicly about therapy, SSRIs, and suicidal ideation?

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

Takubo, a physician, cited more than a dozen peer-reviewed studies showing a decrease in rates of suicide ideation and attempts among youth with severe gender dysphoria who had access to medication therapy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

It is, therefore, easy to understand, that it should have been proposed to carry into ideation the dichotomy between the physical and the moral.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred