of suicide ideation) and what strategies they use to resist the urge to make a suicide attempt. Importantly, these findings should not be interpreted to mean that those who have thought about suicide in the past but not made an attempt are not at risk of making a future suicide attempt, but only that evidence of not having made a previous attempt despite having suicide ideation is a predictor of low risk of future attempts compared to people with more recent first onset of ideation. It is important for clinicians to conduct a thorough risk assessment with each patient encountered and to use ongoing monitoring of suicide risk.61–63
