This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Cognitive development and defence mechanism, Subject name: Psychiatry
Emile Durkheim is linked with work on which condition is psychiatry 
Select and explain. 
A. Suicide, B. Obsessive compulsive disorder, C. Anxiety disorder, D. Schizophrenia
A: Suicide
Answer: A: Suicide 
Explanation: Durkheim's theory: first major contribution to the study of social and cultural influences on suicide was made by french sociologist Emile Durkheim. He divided suicides into three social categories- Egoistic, Altruistic amd Anomic. Ref: Synopsis of Psychiatry, 11e, pg 766.