indominousx/suicide-ideation-detection

# Suicide Ideation Detection Dataset

## Dataset Description

This dataset contains 232,000 Reddit posts from r/SuicideWatch, labeled for self-harm intent and suicidal ideation.

### Dataset Summary

- **Size:** 232,000 samples
- **Source:** Reddit r/SuicideWatch community (Kaggle)
- **Task:** Binary classification (suicidal ideation vs. non-suicidal content)
- **Language:** English

### Data Fields

- `text`: The Reddit post content (string)
- `label`: Binary label (0 = no suicidal ideation, 1 = contains suicidal ideation)

### Dataset Statistics

- **Total Samples:** 232,000
- **Label Distribution:** Class-imbalanced (see paper for details)
- **Average Text Length:** ~100-500 characters
- **Source Subreddit:** r/SuicideWatch

### Intended Use

This dataset is designed for:
- Training suicide ideation detection models
- Crisis intervention system development
- Mental health safety research for AI systems
- Academic research in computational psychiatry

### Licensing

**License:** Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit

### Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

```bibtex
@dataset{suicide_ideation_2025,
title={Suicide Ideation Detection Dataset from Reddit},
author={LLM Psychological Safety Project},
year={2025},
publisher={HuggingFace Datasets},
source={Kaggle/Reddit r/SuicideWatch},
url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/indominousx/suicide-ideation-detection}
}
```

### Ethical Considerations

⚠️ **CRITICAL SAFETY NOTICE:**
- This dataset contains highly sensitive mental health crisis content
- Should ONLY be used for safety research and crisis prevention systems
- Not for training general-purpose models without proper safeguards
- Researchers should have ethics board approval
- Content may be distressing - viewer discretion advised

### Crisis Resources

If you or someone you know is in crisis:
- **US:** National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
- **US:** Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
- **International:** https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

### Contact

For questions or issues, please open an issue in the GitHub repository:
https://github.com/indominousx/LLM_Pscho_Safety