Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations.... : Quote by Émile Durkheim

“ Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc. ”

Émile Durkheim
  • From : On Suicide: A Study in Sociology
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