ideation

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In the fashion industry, it takes around six months to design and produce a collection of clothing, from ideation and concept building to the day items end up in stores and online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 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

As for the focus on ideation and planning, Gerstenhaber said that research showed they were the most important factor, and the test’s success is its simplicity.

From Slate • May 20, 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

He then manifested this in a very erratic manner; ideation was disturbed and disconnected, and there was present psychomotor restlessness.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard