Suicidal Ideation Test

This self-report questionnaire presents a suicidal test with 19 yes-or-no questions and takes about 4 minutes to complete. Its result estimates the degree of risk for suicidal behavior, helping you reflect on current thoughts, emotional strain, and whether seeking additional support may be important.

Questions: 194 minutes

Suicidal Ideation Test: sample question card

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Suicide Risk LevelSRL

Assesses the current level of risk for suicidal behavior based on reported thoughts, tendencies, and intentions.

example score11/19

11/19Moderateexample score

0 – 5Low

6 – 13Moderate

14 – 19High

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable presence of suicidal thoughts or tendencies compared with low-risk scores.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Therapists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use it during intake or check-ins to quickly gauge suicide risk and decide what level of support is needed.

Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists

34%OF USERS

They add it to assessments to clarify the severity of suicidal thoughts and track changes over time.

Crisis and school staff

25%OF USERS

They use it as a brief screen when someone shows warning signs and needs fast triage for safety planning.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Level of suicide riskLosr

You?

Average6.5

Typical rangeTypical3.9 – 9.1

Possible0 – 19

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You will be presented with statements about your health and personal characteristics. If you agree with a statement, select “Yes”; if you do not, select “No.” Please respond without spending too much time on any item. There are no right or wrong answers.

- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No

These are 3 of the 19 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Suicidal Ideation Test - Description and methodology of the test

suicidal risk

For people worried about thoughts of death, hopelessness, or losing the will to continue, this specific suicidal test helps organize current thoughts and risk-related concerns. This suicidal ideation test is intended for self-reflection when emotional pain, exhaustion, irritability, or withdrawal feels difficult to describe. The result offers a structured indication of current risk-related tendencies and can help clarify whether further support deserves prompt attention.

What This Assessment Explores

The questionnaire estimates risk for suicidal behavior from item themes involving persistence, future concern, enjoyment of life, irritability, emotional exhaustion, hopelessness, withdrawal, and thoughts of not waking or no longer being alive. These are situations the items ask about; together they feed one overall risk estimate rather than defining separate protective or risk dimensions.

For readers seeking clarity, the question behind an am I suicidal quiz is current risk or distress; this assessment answers with graded displayed bands rather than a yes-or-no identity judgment. It reports one scale:

Suicide Risk Level, 0-19, estimates the degree of risk for suicidal behavior; Low 0-5 suggests lower likelihood, Moderate 6-13 indicates an intermediate band, and High 14-19 indicates the highest displayed band.

This profile can help focus discussion of the present situation.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item uses a yes-or-no response, asking for a direct self-report judgment rather than a graded frequency or severity rating. Because the suicidal quiz asks only yes or no, each response requires a clear judgment about the statement; this simple format cannot capture degrees within an answer and depends on honest, consistent responses in the moment.

The result condenses responses into one score interpreted through the categories shown with the result. The displayed bands organize the total, but the scoring information does not explain how each answer is weighted, so current context remains important when interpreting the result.

The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with SL-19, associated with Yunatskevich's 1996 work; this identifies a conceptual relationship, not authorship, adaptation, or validation of the online version.

Current context, self-awareness, and response bias can influence self-report. If answers reflect an intention or plan to act, contact local emergency services or a crisis line immediately.

Author: Thomas E. Joiner

Literature:

Yunatskevich, P. I. SL-19 Test (Suicidal Personality). Saint Petersburg: Military Space Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky, 1996.
Yunatskevich, P. I. Fundamentals of Military Suicidology. Saint Petersburg: AEST Institute of Suicidology, 2018. 120 pp. ISBN 5-7199-0258-9.
Grigoryeva, A. A., & Gavrichenkova, A. A. (2020). Use of Psychoactive Substances by Adolescents in Different Types of Auto-Aggressive Behaviour. Psychology and Law, 10(1), 116-122. 10.17759/psylaw.2020100110.

Updated: 2025-10-02