Suicidal ideation is not an illness and is not recognized as such in any manual or international classification of diseases. This means that suicide cannot be treated with medication, because an idea doesn't appear like a wart that we can remove, either surgically or chemically. This doesn't mean that medication can't help. In fact, psychopharmacological strategies for addressing suicidal ideation are primarily aimed at reducing and mitigating the pain or suffering underlying the thoughts of death, by treating the underlying psychiatric disorders and psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, or insomnia.