At a Bare Minimum, How About We Make Euthanasia a Choice that Precludes Doing a Ton of Media About Your Choice to Die by Euthanasia?
An article that basically was written by the time I wrote the title.
1The Frontier Psychiatrists is a newsletter. This will be a quick one. The day prior’s article was about the problem of borderline personality disorder existing, and being under recognized. Among the things that are recognized less? The very positive prognosis for people with borderline personality disorder.
Probably because I clicked on it, my social media feeds are blowing up with more stories about the young woman in Netherlands who has chosen to die by euthanasia to relieve her psychiatric suffering.
I probably made it clear that I think this is a bad idea, but I want to make a straightforward recommendation for the entire world. if you're going to have euthanasia that is state-sanctioned, and you're going to conscience the murder by physicians of the mentally ill?
Don't give people endless attention for the choice. Exhibit A:
This practice reinforces the behavior. Do we want to fund endless state-sponsored suicide? Well, by allowing people to do viral internet blitzes about the…