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A predictive model was developed to process social media posts in real time, using NLP and sentiment analysis to detect textual and emotional cues associated with distress. The model aims to identify potential suicide risks accurately, while minimizing false positives, offering a practical tool for targeted mental health interventions. The study achieved notable predictive performance, with an accuracy of 85%, precision of 88%, and recall of 83% in detecting potential suicide posts. Advanced preprocessing techniques, including tokenization, stemming, and feature extraction with term frequency\u2013inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) and count vectorization, ensured high-quality data transformation. A random forest classifier was selected for its ability to handle high-dimensional data and effectively capture linguistic and emotional patterns linked to suicidal ideation. The model\u2019s reliability was supported by a precision\u2013recall AUC score of 0.93, demonstrating its potential for real-time mental health monitoring and intervention. 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