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ideation

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌaɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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However, research is increasingly showing that wildfire survivors have a significantly higher risk of suicidal ideation, depression and anxiety — especially during year two of recovery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Black women have also historically reported suicidal ideation during the postpartum period at a rate roughly double that of white women.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

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

The quality of abstraction in such ideation is not very high, it is true, yet it is abstraction, nevertheless.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James




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