Minister says the extension will allow for a parliamentary review in two years to assess the state of readiness to include individuals with mental illness
Which mental illness would benefit from MAID? Is there a concept of terminal mental illness in a way the patient would … suffer for the rest of their life?
Yes, quite a few, except they just get lumped into suicide cases because they could never find a treatment that helped.
It’s easy to treat “the blues”, seasonal depression, and depression caused by an event.
It’s not nearly as easy to treat major depression, bipolar disorder, major anxiety disorders, and a whole host of other mental illnesses that can cause prolonged suffering spanning decades without relief.
I think its cruel to not offer MAID in these circumstances.
Many of these people will decide to take their own lives with or without the government’s support.
And in those cases, the results are far worse, and considerably more traumatic, for the family of those people.
Yes, quite a few, except they just get lumped into suicide cases because they could never find a treatment that helped.
It’s easy to treat “the blues”, seasonal depression, and depression caused by an event.
It’s not nearly as easy to treat major depression, bipolar disorder, major anxiety disorders, and a whole host of other mental illnesses that can cause prolonged suffering spanning decades without relief.
I think its cruel to not offer MAID in these circumstances.
Many of these people will decide to take their own lives with or without the government’s support.
And in those cases, the results are far worse, and considerably more traumatic, for the family of those people.