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A 42-year-old female presents for a follow-up appointment after a recent psychiatric hospitalization for suicidal ideation. She reports, 'I still think about dying sometimes, and I've been thinking about taking all my pills, but I probably wouldn't actually do it because of my kids.' The PMHNP is administering the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). How should this patient's ideation be classified on the C-SSRS?