ArticleDer Nervenarzt2022
[Assisted suicide : Attitudes and experiences of members of the DGPPN].
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- [Articulation of patients' suicidal ideation within the therapeutic context-experiences and needs of hospital healthcare professionals].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Article
- [Voluntariness of requests for assisted suicide].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Review
- [Request for and practice of assisted suicide-results of a survey among members of the German association for palliative medicine].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Article
- Forensic-psychiatric and medico-legal challenges in euthanasia and assisted suicide for patients with mental disorders: balancing autonomy, vulnerability, and professional responsibility.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- [Knowledge and attitudes toward assisted suicide : Survey of members of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI)].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025Article
- [Managing suicidal patients in general practices : A qualitative study on barriers and facilitating factors].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Article
- [Dealing with assisted suicide-knowledge, attitudes and experiences of members of the German Association for Palliative Medicine].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025Article
- What do suicide loss survivors think of physician-assisted suicide: a comparative analysis of suicide loss survivors and the general population in Germany.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
- Perspectives on physician-assisted suicide in mental healthcare: results of a survey of physicians and medical students.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- [Perspectives of a sample of mostly younger doctors on physician-assisted suicide].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
- [Assisted suicide from a psychiatric perspective].Der Nervenarzt · 2023Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveAfter the Federal Constitutional Court overturned the ban on business-like assisted suicide in 2020, politicians, society and the medical profession are discussing legal protective measures to prevent abuse. This survey among members of the DGPPN is the first to record the attitudes and experiences regarding assisted suicide of psychiatrists and other mental health workers in Germany, as suicidality and assisted suicide are highly relevant topics for medicine and especially for psychiatry and psychotherapy. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe survey was conducted as an online survey with a specially created questionnaire and a DSGVO-compliant data protection concept and sent to a total of 9356 members. In addition to the descriptive analysis of the questionnaire, the free-text responses were subjected to an additional qualitative analysis. Finally, correlations between sociodemographic variables and relevant items were examined.
resultsA total of 2048 members participated in the survey (22%). Most participants (88%) considered a (new) legal regulation of assisted suicide to be necessary; the separation of counselling, assessment and execution of assisted suicide was mentioned most frequently (76%). The majority considered assisted suicide to be legitimate under certain circumstances when the suicide wish is freely made (72%), especially in cases of high suffering and near the end of life (67%). Age, gender, and religious beliefs were found to be significant influencing factors in several responses.
conclusionA large majority of the DGPPN members consider it necessary to find a legal regulation that prevents abuse of assisted suicide; however, while most participants did not consider assisted suicide to be legitimate or illegitimate in principle, but rather made this dependent on the specific circumstances of the suicide wish, more than half ruled out to assist with suicide. The results represent an important contribution to the political debates about legal protective measures.
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