I was watching a Louis Theroux documentary the other day and someone had tried to commit suicide by cop and ended up in a psychiatric unit for people not criminally responsible due to insanity.
"Probed gently about why he's inside, he had also suffered a catalogue of mental health problems. It came to a head when his girlfriend slashed her wrists and thought that this was part of some conspiracy against him. This brought on the delusion that if he was to die, somehow his death would help Obama get elected to the White House. When the police turned up he attacked the lead officer with an iron bar, and despite getting shot three times he was able to seriously injure him. Talking frankly in front of the camera with a psychiatrist, he admits to hearing voices seeing shooting stars. Sometimes he does what the voices tell him, but won't listen if they suggest bad things. Besides, he says he knows they're not real. "