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ArticleNeuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater2025

["Assisted Suicide"-A Case Report on Assisted Suicide in the Context of Mental Illnesses].

Cornelia Marion Diendorfer, Dominik Ivkic, Valentin Popper, Matthäus Willeit, Christoph Kraus

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Article in Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Cornelia Marion DiendorferUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. cornelia.diendorfer@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-4413
Dominik IvkicUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Valentin PopperUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Matthäus WilleitUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
Christoph KrausUniversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.

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Abstract

Since January 2022, assisted suicide has also been legal in Austria under certain legally specified conditions. According to the Constitutional Court, the previous legislation did not align with the "right to self-determination" and was therefore declared unconstitutional [1]. In contrast, countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland have had a less restrictive legislation on assisted suicide for a longer period of time. The requirement for submitting a request for assisted suicide is that the patient suffers from a terminal illness and that both their decision-making capacity and free will are ensured [1]. This case report of a 47-year-old patient, who suffered from recurrent depressive disorder with a current severe episode and, after two previous suicide attempts, chose assisted suicide in Switzerland, aims to highlight the ethical and legal challenges associated with assisted suicide for psychiatric patients and to emphasize the need for careful consideration between autonomy and the duty of protection.

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Major Depressive DisorderSuicide, AssistedAustriaHumansMaleMental CompetencyMiddle AgedPersonal AutonomySuicide, AttemptedSwitzerlandAssisted suicideCase reportLegislationMedical ethicsMental illnesses

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