"The current Western psychiatric wisdom states that suicide is the result of mental disorder in 98% (1) or even 100% (2) of cases. However, a number of recent s

"The current Western psychiatric wisdom states that suicide is the result of mental disorder in 98% (1) or even 100% (2) of cases. However, a number of recent studies (3–5) have reported that, in Asian countries, mental disorder has been found in less than 50% of those who completed suicide. In the late 19th century, Emil Durkheim, a sociologist, published (6) important observations. Durkheim found that suicide was primarily a function of social circumstances; he stated that people suicide when they are not supported by or well integrated into the society, and that mental disorder was relatively less important. The majority of his observations have been supported: for example, he found that marital breakdown frequently led to suicide, particularly among males, and this has been repeatedly demonstrated (7)." Source - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431736/