Joseph
Kitzur SA has a siman on this
As a general rule. If you can imagine it as a case of murder you do or If you can assume mental illness you do.
Based on his lashon it would be very hard to institute halachic suicide (different burial, no shiva etc)
I was in a chevra kadisha for a few years and a couple of cases came up. Both were cases of people that had some instability issues. Both families sat shiva and the mais had a proper burial.
Not to mention that we know from kinnos that there is something as suicide lshem shamyim
And a forced suicide is also considered halachically acceptable ( though I don’t vouch for it being lchatchilla)
Ayin shum bkitzur
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