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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The argument for me is if Depression is curable, or if its not curable because people either don't seek help or people don't recognize the signs.
Mental illnesses are usually fairly curable through a combination of drugs and therapy.
The World Health Organization at one point said that 25% of chronic depression cases weren't cured due to the person not seeking help or people not recognizing the signs.
The question is not about should we let people kill themselves because of the depression? Its about how can we be more effective as a society in identifying and promoting mental health cures.
So no I don't agree that someone with depression, or schizophrenia or various other mental illnesses should be part of a terminal disease assisted suicide strategy.
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This problem is actually kind of a red herring. It will likely be exceedingly rare for someone to go through the process of physician assisted suicide strictly because of mental illness. Almost all cases of suicide from mental illness are impulse. They're not going to file applications and go through interviews