title: [Suicide of psychiatric inpatients assisted by euthanasia advocacy groups. Cases of assisted suicide?].
abstract: The debate on passive and active euthanasia has met a controversial echo both in the German-speaking media and in professional publications within recent years. This discussion, however, largely excluded mentally ill patients. Also, euthanasia advocacy groups have usually distanced themselves from euthanasia in psychiatric patients. We report here two cases from our hospital in which inpatients with affective disorders committed assisted suicide during a hospital pass. We discuss these events under the assumption that these are cases of questionable active euthanasia in mentally ill patients whose judgement was considerably compromised by their disorder.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gerontopsychiatrie, Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strnad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grosjean
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schüpbach
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008875:Middle Aged; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000639:trends; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Suizide in der stationären Psychiatrie unter Beihilfe einer Sterbehilfevereinigung. Fälle aktiver Sterbehilfe?