Clinical updates: Assessment and management of suicidal ideation in adults

Noah Stapper; Rosiel Elwyn; David Kepecs; Noeline  Nakasujja; Ursula  Whiteside

doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-086834

Clinical updates: Assessment and management of suicidal ideation in adults

Noah Stapper, Rosiel Elwyn, David Kepecs, Noeline Nakasujja Ursula Whiteside

BMJ, Vol.393, pp.1-7

2026

: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086834

: 42259588

Suicide

suicidal ideation

treatment

clinical update

review

What you need to know Suicidal ideation is defined as thoughts, considerations, or plans surrounding suicide Psychiatric diagnoses, younger and older age, female sex, physical disabilities, and marginalised status are risk factors No clinical guidelines suggest universal screening for suicidal ideation; however screening at-risk populations is recommended Cognitive behavioural therapy shows the strongest evidence for treatment of suicidal ideation

: Clinical updates: Assessment and management of suicidal ideation in adults
: Noah Stapper (Corresponding Author) - University of California San Diego
Rosiel Elwyn - University of the Sunshine Coast
David Kepecs - University of Toronto
Noeline Nakasujja - Makerere University
Ursula Whiteside - University of Washington
: BMJ, Vol.393, pp.1-7
: BMJ Group
: 2026
: 10.1136/bmj-2025-086834
: 1756-1833
: 42259588
: Thompson Institute
: English
: 991234902402621
: Journal article