Always ask questions 1 and 2.
1) Have you wished you were dead or wished you could go to sleep and not wake up?
2) Have you actually had any thoughts about killing yourself?
If YES to 2, ask questions 3, 4, 5 and 6.
If NO to 2, skip to question 6.
3) Have you been thinking about how you might do this?
4) Have you had these thoughts and had some intention of acting on them?
5) Have you started to work out or worked out the details of how to kill yourself? Did you intend to carry out this plan?
6) Have you done anything, started to do anything, or prepared to do anything to end your life?
Examples: Took pills, tried to shoot yourself, cut yourself, tried to hang yourself, took out pills but didn’t swallow any, held a gun but changed your mind or it was grabbed from your hand, went to the roof but didn’t jump, collected pills, obtained a gun, gave away valuables, wrote a will or suicide note, etc.
If yes, was this within the past 3 months?
