My brother disappeared for many months, finally turning up dead, by an act of suicide. It was only later that we discovered writings that showed how delusional he was. My mother's best friend was undergoing a Jungian analysis at the time and she asked my mother to loan her my brother's writings to show to her analyst. She returned with a message from the analyst I'll never forget: "Tel your friend to understand that her son dies of an illness. There is a certain form of schizophrenia that kills. It may be suicide or it may be homicide, but that form of the disease only has one outcome. Your friend's son died of his illness."