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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between personal debt and suicidal ideation in the context of sociodemographic factors, employment and income, lifestyle behaviours, and recently experienced traumatic events.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291710001261_sec_a002\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Interviews were conducted with a random probability sample comprising 7461 respondents for the third national survey of psychiatric morbidity of adults in England. Fieldwork was carried out throughout 2007. The prevalence of suicidal thoughts in the past week, past year and lifetime was assessed and current sources of debt were recorded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291710001261_sec_a003\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In 2007, 4.3% of adults in England had thought about taking their own life in the past 12 months, ranging from 1.8% of men aged \u2a7e55 years to 7.0% of women aged 35\u201354 years. Those in debt were twice as likely to think about suicide after controlling for sociodemographic, economic, social and lifestyle factors. Difficulty in making hire purchase or mail order repayments and paying off credit card debt, in addition to housing-related debt (rent and mortgage arrears), was strongly associated with suicidal thoughts. Feelings of hopelessness partially mediated the relationship between debt and suicidal ideation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291710001261_sec_a004\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The number of debts, source of the debt and reasons for debt are key correlates of suicidal ideation. 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