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ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2025

Attitudes, Roles, and Competencies of Clinical Psychologists Regarding Euthanasia Due to Unbearable Mental Suffering.

Dennis Demedts, Wouter Drijkoningen, Johan Bilsen

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 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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Dennis DemedtsMental Health and Wellbeing Research Group (MENT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6667-4855
Wouter DrijkoningenMental Health and Wellbeing Research Group (MENT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Johan BilsenMental Health and Wellbeing Research Group (MENT), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8371-4612

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the enactment of Belgium's euthanasia law in 2002, clinical psychologists have played an increasingly significant role in the multidisciplinary approach to euthanasia, particularly regarding cases involving unbearable mental suffering (UMS euthanasia). This cross-sectional study examined the attitudes, roles, and competencies of clinical psychologists in Flanders concerning UMS euthanasia using an online questionnaire (

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attitudeseuthanasiaprofessional competencepsychologistsroleunbearable mental suffering

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PMID41294788
PMCPMC12650820

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