ideation
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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 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
To wit, the ideation behind the “Cosmic Selector” — a mysterious, maybe metaphysical jukebox where the punch of a button might bring about alternative life trajectories.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
With clinical depression, you have five or more symptoms, like low appetite, change in appetite, poor sleep, low energy, feeling restless, guilt, hopelessness, suicidal ideation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
Their logical composition is, indeed, that of an external perception, and there is in ideation exactly the same duality as in sensation.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred
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