Is suicide a mental illness or just a loss of hope?

Answer 1

severe depression, schizophrenia can lead to suicidal ideation and these are known entities in the science of psychiatry. Loss of hope also eventually leads to depression. Unfortunately suicide bombing is mere stupidity and brain washing.

Answer 2

Suicide is a symptom not an illness. It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There are so many other options

Answer 3

id say mental because suicide often runs in families and you dont kill yourself if you just lose hope, its way more serious than that. you would have to be seriously depressed to take your own life, and depression is a mental illness.