Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terror attack 'euthanised'

Re:Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terro... by CodeWriter23 on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:25AM (#33142106)

I can't speak for OP. My thinking is, if 11 antidepressants are prescribed, SOME must be the SSRI types that have known side effects of homicide and suicide. I think there is an ethical question of a doctor prescribing both the antidepressants and a euthanization. Even if a separate practitioner was involved for the final decision. I'm not convinced it is possible for a fully volitional decision to be made by the deceased if her capacity were diminished by the antidepressants.

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Re:Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terro... by amelius on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:44AM (#33142296)

> I think there is an ethical question of a doctor prescribing both the antidepressants and a euthanization.

Very good point.

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Re:Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terro... by formerkrogemp on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:58AM (#33142430)

The person prescribing the antidepressant medications and the two psychiatrists evaluating and approving the euthanasia were different.

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Re:Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terro... by skissane on Sunday October 09, 2022 @06:27PM (#33145909)

Here’s my question - if the government is going to allow you to legally have professional help in killing yourself, is it also going to allow you to legally try every possible substance which might conceivably make your life bearable enough that you no longer want to do that-including psychedelics, heroin, etc? I’m pretty sure the answer in Belgium (and many other jurisdictions with legal euthanasia/assisted suicide) is “no”, which to me seems deeply perverse.

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