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suicidality

suicidality

1 9.6
A state in which a person has thoughts, plans, or actions about ending their own life
  • noun
  • /ˌsuːɪsɪˈdælɪti/
  • NSFW
: suicidalidad
  • It is crucial for mental health professionals to assess patients for signs of suicidality during therapy.
  • depression and suicidality
  • suicidality and suicide
  • risk of suicidality

What is the relationship between suicidality and sleep?

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Examples

  • Similarly, we found male respondents were no more or less likely than female respondents to report suicidality or a suicide attempt.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Her sense of helplessness contributed to her desire to solicit help in dealing with her suicidality.

    Academic text (2005)
  • What is the relationship between suicidality and sleep?

  • You cannot lead a long life with acute suicidality.

  • We need to be able to identify course and risk factors of depression and suicidality in the classroom.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I went on to have subsequent depression, suicidality, all sorts of things.

  • Because their use was associated with an increased risk of suicidality in children and adolescents.

  • Seeing suicidality and depression through a lens of signalling there is something going on.

  • In-school victimization was a significant predictor of suicidality, but not of the smaller risk pool of suicide attempts alone.

    Academic text (2008)
  • There is a higher risk of suicidality among bipolar adolescents compared to adolescents with other diagnoses (Brent et al., 1993).

    Academic text (2005)

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

176 2.4

A state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy

Surface Forms

suicidality singular
suicidalities plural

Morphology

suicidality = suicidal (transparent) = suicide + al + ity

Formed by standard adjective-to-noun derivation: 'suicide' → 'suicidal' → 'suicidality', denoting the state or condition of being suicidal.

Etymology

The word suicidality comes from suicide, which is made of sui- 'self' and -cide 'kill', plus the ending -ality that turns a word into a 'state' or 'condition'. So, suicidality means the state or risk of someone having thoughts, plans, or actions to end their own life.