A 19-year-old male college student presents for an initial psychiatric evaluation. During the intake, he endorses depressed mood and states, 'Sometimes I think everyone would be better off without me.' When the PMHNP administers the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), the patient endorses a wish to be dead and thoughts of killing himself but denies having any specific plan, intent to act, or preparatory behaviors. He has no history of suicide attempts. Based on the C-SSRS framework, this patient's suicidal ideation is best classified as: