{"id":9124,"date":"2018-09-01T20:15:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:11:05","slug":"is-euthanasia-psychiatric-treatment-the-struggle-with-death-on-request-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9124","title":{"rendered":"Is Euthanasia Psychiatric Treatment? The Struggle With Death on Request in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Damiaan Denys <\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amerjournpsych.jpg\" alt=\"The American Journal of Psychiatry\" class=\"wp-image-11221\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The American Journal of Psychiatry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Author Summary<\/strong><br>A 42-year-old married woman with three children was referred to our department for treatment of treatment-resistant depression. Pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and ECT were unsuccessful. We applied deep brain stimulation, which was partially effective and reduced depressive symptoms by 30%, but the patient still suffered. During our struggle to find optimal deep brain stimulation parameters in the course of treatment, the patient requested that her general physician provide euthanasia. Following guidelines in the Netherlands, our team was consulted, but we disapproved because her suffering was not prospectless and there still were treatment options with deep brain stimulation. Although we had treated her intensively for 2 years, our advice was disregarded. Eight weeks later we received the obituary of the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Denys D. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1176\/appi.ajp.2018.18060725\">Is Euthanasia Psychiatric Treatment? The Struggle With Death on Request in the Netherlands.<\/a> Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Sep 1;175(9):822-823. doi: 10.1176\/appi.ajp.2018.18060725.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damiaan Denys Author SummaryA 42-year-old married woman with three children was referred to our department for treatment of treatment-resistant depression. Pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and ECT were unsuccessful. We applied deep brain stimulation, which was partially effective and reduced depressive symptoms by 30%, but the patient still suffered. During our struggle to find optimal deep brain stimulation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Euthanasia Psychiatric Treatment? The Struggle With Death on Request in the Netherlands&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,554,14,2,634],"tags":[461],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-journal-article","category-psychiatry-psychology","tag-damiaan-denys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Is Euthanasia Psychiatric Treatment? 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