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ArticleBJPsych open2024

Stigma and public attitudes toward euthanasia or assisted suicide for psychiatric conditions: results from a general population survey in Germany.

Georg Schomerus, Stephanie Schindler, Eva Baumann, Matthias C Angermeyer

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Article in BJPsych open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Georg SchomerusDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6752-463X
Stephanie SchindlerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Germany.
Eva BaumannDepartment of Journalism and Communication Research, Hannover University of Music, Drama, and Media, Germany.
Matthias C AngermeyerCenter for Public Mental Health, Gösing am Wagram, Austria.
Leipzig University · DEHanover University of Music Drama and Media · DE

Funding

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung 10.18.2.009SO
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith growing numbers of countries legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS), there is a debate as to whether EAS should also be available to people with severe, treatment-resistant mental illness. Excluding mental illness as a legitimate reason to receive EAS has been framed as discriminating against people with mental illness.

aimsWe examine whether approval or opposition to psychiatric EAS are related to stigma toward people with mental illness.

methodWe asked a representative sample of the general population in Germany (

resultsA total of 19% of the German population approved of psychiatric EAS. Higher stigma scores were associated with greater approval of EAS (Spearman rank correlation coefficient, 0.28;

conclusionsOur results highlight that, although opposing psychiatric EAS is sometimes framed as discriminatory, approval of psychiatric EAS might also carry hidden, stigmatising motives. To avoid any unintended negative consequences for people with severe, treatment-resistant mental illness, any legislation on psychiatric EAS needs to be crafted with particular caution.

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assisted suicideeuthanasiaHuman rightsstigma and discriminationsuicide

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PMID38327181
PMCPMC10897688
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