Whenever the social order is disrupted by a major upheaval, whether that upheaval is for the better or worse, people become increasingly prone to suicide.
當社會秩序發生重大變化，無論是驟降的好運或災難，人們自我毀滅的傾向都會增加。塗爾乾稱此類的自殺行為是「脫序型自殺」。