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How to use the word suicidal in a Sentence?

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Had it been reported that she was suicidal or that she was going to kill someone and had been made known to us, then we would have tried to get those weapons. But as it stands, we had absolutely no idea, actually, who this person was.

John Drake

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Generally, the reason that someone presents to a hospital for a psychiatric condition like depression is because either they are acutely suicidal or they have been deemed unable to take care of themselves. And when I say unable to take care of themselves, I mean, their basic needs – food, hydration, hygiene – are all things that they’re required to do on a daily basis, and they are unable to do this due to the severity of their depression.

Daniel Bober

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We know that there are many individuals in this country who are struggling with suicidal concerns, with mental health or substance use concerns, who aren’t able to access the care that they need. And in many respects, historically, because of funding limitations or other limitations, the system has let them down, so, this is truly an opportunity with 988 – as a catalytic moment – to be able to transform the crisis care system to better meet those needs in a less restrictive, more person-centered, more treatment- and recovery-oriented way.

John Palmieri

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you’re sort of into that area of like, ‘you’re going to hurt yourself or somebody else,’ and you have a duty to report—I mean, the law is really clear about that—you can also talk to parents, though, about like that ‘your kid is having suicidal thoughts,’ without outing them, without saying why, you can say, ‘We have some concerns, your child has shared this,’ [but] I would one-thousand percent recommend working with the student to let them guide that process.

Kim Phillips-Knope

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Any attack on nuclear power plants is a suicidal thing, i hope that these attacks will end.

United Nations

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You're not going to cause someone to be suicidal by asking directly about suicide, the worst they're going to say is' no' and not get offended. If they are, still ask them. I'd rather have someone offended at me than dead.

Justin Baker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The irony of putting someone on suicide watch when they're not suicidal is it actually causes more harm.

Jennifer Bonjean

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mr. Kelly was placed on suicide watch for purely punitive reasons in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, mDC has a policy of placing high profile individuals under the harsh conditions of suicide watch whether they are suicidal or not. MDC Brooklyn is being run like a gulag.

Jennifer Bonjean

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I had achieved probably the impossible, because there were so many situations where it was at best, 50-50 for me to actually get through and not fail, but again, this was a suicidal mission, quite frankly. And the fact that I actually established myself as an American, that was my, I believe, my biggest achievement.

Jack Philip Barsky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Your honor, I respect you, and I respect your decision, but I did not do this, and I am not suicidal, if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself, and you must all know that.

Jussie Smollett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I did not do this, and I am not suicidal, and if anything happens to me when I go there, I did not do it to myself, and you must all know that.

Jussie Smollett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A review of his broadcasts suggests Dr. Oz has used his show to promote transgender ideology, including things like mastectomies on healthy teen girls and using pharmaceutical drugs to prevent puberty on healthy children, such actions permanently alter healthy bodies, can result in irreversable sterilization, and lead to more suicidal ideation, not less, as studies have shown.

Michael Geer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Your honor, I respect you and I respect the jury, but I did not do this, and I am not suicidal. And if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself.

Jussie Smollett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I respect you, your honor, i respect your decision. Jail time ? I am not suicidal. ... If anything happens to me in there I did not do it to Molly Smollett !

Molly Smollett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

on sale today we have Doubts, Insecurities, Depression and Guilt for reduced prices, in this section Self-Hatred, Suicidal Ideation and Anger. that section there has Betrayal, Inferiority, Hostility and Frustration, but in the back, the best … Confusion, Apathy, Paranoia, Irritation and the beloved Need-To-Kiss-Ass-At-Work all on sale for very, very low prices…

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

When you limit people's access to lethal methods, you see fewer deaths in an area, that is because people who are suicidal ultimately can find other ways of coping if in the moment a means of death is not readily available.

Mark Sinyor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When you limit people's access to people's methods, you see fewer deaths in an area, that is because people who are suicidal ultimately can find other ways of coping if in the moment a means of death is not readily available.

Mark Sinyor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

After the second hurdle. I was like, s—-. If you go after them, it’s suicidal.

Kyron McMaster

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

**(C)(P) YES! ALL MY WORKS HAVE BEEN COPYRIGHT REGISTERED BEFORE ANYONE SEES THEM ONLINE OR OFF. I HAVE SHARED MANY WITH THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH OTHERS WHO WOULD FEEL HOPELESSNESS AND ATTEMPT SUICIDAL ACTS WHILE HARMING OTHERS. THIS TOO IS MY -LEGACY!

RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by jahmantafari1
2 years ago

Suicide and suicidal thinking are multifactorial, complex experiences and behaviors. There are many theories about the causal factors in suicide attempts and death by suicide, and as yet we still have an incomplete understanding.

Lucien Gonzalez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Due in part to minority stress, LGBTQ + veterans experience mental illness and suicidal thoughts at far higher rates than those outside their community, but they are significantly less likely to seek routine care, largely because they fear discrimination.

Denis McDonough

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I believe today that everything in life is choice driven, right ? I made the choice to be depressed and be suicidal, which almost didn't land me here in front of you all today. But when my mind changed, everything else changed, now my purpose for living, because I have found Timothy Alexander is to help people find them.

Timothy Alexander

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think looking back even beyond on that, even just suicidal thoughts and driving my car close to a cliff, 'Oh, if this goes off the cliff, it's not that big of a deal,' I don't feel that anymore.

Colton Underwood

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

They were asking how Epstein was when he was in the cell, if he seemed suicidal, they were asking if he had any indication that he would do that. My uncle cooperated.

Angelique Lopez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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