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We also explored potential risk factors, including the students\u2019 attributes, socio-demographics, and history of mental illnesses. The current study included males (23.8%) and females (76.2%) in their early twenties (21.73 \u00b1 0.11). Concerning PHQ-9 and SSI-C, most students had either moderate (28%) or mild depression (27.8%), while those with suicidal ideation accounted for an alarming 64.9%. The strongest association existed between the SSI-C and PHQ-9 scores (p = 0.001, OR = 4.70). Other associations existed with the personal history of mental illness (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 2.87) and the family history of suicidality (p = 0.006, OR = 2.28). Path analysis highlighted four suicidal ideation predictors, including the PHQ-9 score (standardized estimate = 0.41, p &lt; 0.001), personal history of mental illness (0.16, p &lt; 0.001), previous psychiatric consultation (0.12, p = 0.002), and family history of suicidality (0.11, p = 0.005). Suicidal ideation is highly prevalent among Iraqi students. Univariable testing, multivariable analyses, and structural modeling yielded congruent results. The students\u2019 inherent rather than inherited attributes influenced the phenomenon the most, which is in harmony with Durkheim\u2019s theory on the social roots of suicide. We encourage psychiatrists and psychology counselors to be vigilant concerning these risk factors among potential suicidal ideation victims.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20031795","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,19]],"date-time":"2023-01-19T02:04:35Z","timestamp":1674093875000},"page":"1795","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Suicidal Ideation in Iraqi Medical Students Based on Research Using PHQ-9 and SSI-C"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1846-9424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed","family":"Al-Imam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Doctoral School, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 7 St. (1st Floor), 61-806 Poznan, Poland"},{"name":"Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 10047, Iraq"},{"name":"Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AD, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6967-0035","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marek A.","family":"Motyka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sociological Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7339-4256","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beata","family":"Hoffmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Safwa","family":"Basil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad 10047, Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nesif","family":"Al-Hemiary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 10047, Iraq"},{"name":"Psychiatry Council, The Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations, Baghdad 10047, Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Harmer, B., Lee, S., Duong, T.V.H., and Saadabadi, A. 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