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This brief explores emerging best practices for addressing suicidality in primary care and shares scalable, practical, and where available, evidence-based interventions that can be used in clinics with or without embedded behavioral health staff. The goal is to provide clinical teams with tools that support patient safety and autonomy, reduce reliance on unnecessary emergency department referrals, and align suicide prevention with whole-person care. While this brief focuses on adults, many strategies may also apply to adolescents with appropriate adaptation.