A direct comparison of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) recommendations for risk assessment of individuals with suicidal ideation and/or behavior is provided in the tables, below. . . . Both guidelines address assessment of suicidality in special populations. The APA guideline considers evaluation in inpatient, outpatient, emergency, long-term care facility, and jail and correctional facility settings. APA also addresses assessment issues concerning the needs of certain cultural groups. The NZGG guideline considers the needs of children and adolescents, the elderly, Māori, Pacific peoples, people of Indian descent, Asian populations and refugee groups. Both guidelines also address the management of individuals with suicidal ideation and/or behavior. This topic, however, is beyond the scope of this synthesis.